Happy Birthday to Vincent Van Gogh! - born on this day in 1853. " Self-Portrait ," 1889 http:// 1.usa.gov/1jdIrEA @ ngadc Self–Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) , 1887 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) Oil on canvas; 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm) Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967 (67.187.70a) Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art