The enlargement looks to be modeled after Van Gogh’s 1887 ‘Self Portrait in a Grey Felt Hat’ in oil on canvas, the original of which is on display within the Van Gogh Museum itself.

Such an invention was the present work, a self portrait created using felt stamps for each pixel or dot. In creating these prints, each color was individually stamped by hand. The stamps were made by ...

The hidden self-portrait was covered by layers of glue and cardboard on the back of an earlier work called Head of a Peasant Woman. The gallery's senior conservator Lesley Stevenson said she felt ...