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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Vincent Willem van Gogh
Description	Dutch painter, draftsperson and printmaker
Date of birth/death	30 March 1853	29 July 1890
Location of birth/death	Zundert	Auvers-sur-Oise
Work period	between circa 1880 and circa July 1890 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Netherlands (Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886 date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Paris (1886–1887), Arles (1888–1889), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (1889–1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Authority file	: Q5582 VIAF: 9854560 ISNI: 0000000120955689 ULAN: 500115588 LCCN: n79022935 NLA: 35130087 WorldCat

Title

Dutch:

Sterrennacht

The Starry Night

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape painting

Description

Vincent van Gogh's painting Starry Night. Taken from the file below, and minimally adjusted to eliminate some over-intensity, and yellowing and attempt to bring out the true nature of the colours ie Prussian blue, Ultramarine, Cobalt and Cerulean blues all occur in the sky. Burnt Siena brown in the tree, and Crimson on the stripy house. These colours are lost in auto-digital corrections.

Date

1889

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 73.7 cm (29 in)

; width: 92.1 cm (36.2 in)

Collection

Museum of Modern Art

	Native name	The Museum of Modern Art
	Parent institution	New York Art Resources Consortium
	Location	New York City
	Coordinates	40° 45′ 42″ N, 73° 58′ 39″ W
	Established	7 November 1929
	Website	moma.org
	Authority file	: Q188740 VIAF: 128460224 ISNI: 0000000123082510 ULAN: 500303609 LCCN: n79021281 NLA: 35382586 WorldCat

Accession number

472.1941 (Museum of Modern Art)

Place of creation

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

Object history

September 1889: in collection of Theo Van Gogh
January 1891: in collection of Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
December 1900: in collection of Julien Leclercq
December 1900: purchased by Julien Leclercq from Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
1901: in collection of Émile Schuffenecker
July 1905: in collection of Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
1906: in collection of Georgette Petronella van Stolk
1938: in collection of Paul Rosenberg
1941: in collection of Museum of Modern Art

References

Authority file

Source/Photographer

Commons File:VanGogh-starry night edit.jpg

Category:Artworks with Wikidata item#Q45585 Category:Artworks with accession number from Wikidata#%20Q45585 Category:Artworks with known accession number#%20472.1941 Category:Artworks digital representation of 2D work#Q45585

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