"An eye patch hides his scarred right eye. Wouters painted this self-portrait shortly after surgery for cancer in the upper jaw. The red and pink shades and the white surface on which the paint is thinly spread immediately strike the eye. It is striking that his head, unlike the rest of the work, is composed of different fields of color." http://www.kmska.be/nl/collectie/highlights/Zelfportretmetdezwarteooglap.html