Strolling in the background of Au Moulin Rouge (At the Moulin Rouge) (c. 1895) is a self-portrait of the artist, who immortalized the legendary Parisian nightclub in multiple paintings. Who was he?

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (1864-1901), whom a Metropolitan Museum of Art curator once described as "an aristocratic, alcoholic dwarf known for his louche lifestyle," lived in the ultra-bohemian Montmartre neighborhood — in walking distance from his beloved Moulin Rouge.

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