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Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night, 1889

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Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night  wikidata:Q45585 reasonator:Q45585
Artist
Vincent van Gogh  (1853–1890)  wikidata:Q5582 s:en:Author:Vincent van Gogh q:en:Vincent van Gogh
 
Vincent van Gogh
Alternative names
Vincent Willem van Gogh
Description Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 30 March 1853 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1890 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Zundert Edit this at Wikidata 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
artist QS:P170,Q5582
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Deutsch: Die Sternennacht
Esperanto: Stela nokto
Français : La Nuit étoilée
Italiano: Notte stellata
Nederlands: De Sterrennacht
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1889
date QS:P571,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 73 cm (28.7 in); width: 92 cm (36.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,73U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,92U174728
institution QS:P195,Q188740
Accession number
472.1941 (Museum of Modern Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Notes Color balance by Debivort
References
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Source/Photographer Transferred from the English Wikipedia
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