We have no autoportrait of Vincent before Paris . Is it because he never made any or have they all disappeared?
Paris was his most fruitful period as for autoportraits. Vincent achieved more than twenty of them.
Why did he need to represent himself so much?
Few models? Indeed, there must have been many an opportunity: the numerous artists he used to see, his brother of whom he never made any portrait though they lived together, his friends…
What was he looking for through the mirror?