The Ultimate Art Challenge: Identify These Famous Paintings From A Tiny Fragment

What famous self-portrait features this anguished expression?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although artists are usually forthcoming about their self-portraits, Gustave Courbet’s The Desperate Man is something of an exception. The painting finds Courbet exploring his restlessness and uncertainty about his future while he was in Paris during his 20s, and the result was perhaps the piece that made him proudest.

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What famous self-portrait features this anguished expression?

• Anthony van Dyck – Self-Portrait With A Sunflower
• Gustave Courbet – The Desperate Man
• Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun – Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
• Frida Kahlo – Tree of Hope, Remain Strong