<P> Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin (1841--1903) early August 1888, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston </P> <Li> <P> La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) 1889, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston </P> </Li> <P> La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) 1889, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston </P> <P> Van Gogh created more than 43 self - portraits between 1885 and 1889 . They were usually completed in series, such as those painted in Paris in mid-1887, and continued until shortly before his death . Generally the portraits were studies, created during introspective periods when he was reluctant to mix with others, or when he lacked models, and so painted himself . </P>

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