14 Self-Portraits That Stay With You for a Reason

From Frida Kahlo to Egon Schiele, these artists didn’t just paint their face. They painted a mood, a question, or a moment. Which one speaks to you?

Leonardo da Vinci - Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk, c.1512

Rembrandt - Self-Portrait as a Young Man, c.1628

Francisco Goya - Self-Portrait, 1824

Gustave Courbet - The Desperate Man (Self-Portrait), 1843–1845

Claude Monet - Self-Portrait in Beret, 1886

Paul Cézanne - Self-Portrait in a Casquette, c.1872

Paul Gauguin - Self-Portrait with Halo, 1889

Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889

Paul Cézanne - Self-Portrait, 1878–1880

Pablo Picasso - Autoportrait, 1907

Oskar Kokoschka - Self-Portrait with a Brush Up, 1913

Egon Schiele - Self-Portrait with Checkered Shirt, 1917

Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait in Bergen, 1916

Frida Kahlo - Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940