File:Starry Night Over the Rhone.jpg

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Summary

Vincent van Gogh: Starry Night Over the Rhone

Artist



Alternative names	Vincent Willem van Gogh
Description	Dutch painter, drawer 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

English: Starry Night Over the Rhône

Français : Nuit Étoilée sur le Rhône

Русский: Звёздная ночь над Роной

Deutsch: Sternennacht über der Rhone

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape painting

Description

English: depicts the Rhône River at night

Date

September 1888 (Arles)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 72.5 cm (28.5 in); width: 92 cm (36.2 in)

Collection

Musée d'Orsay

	Native name	Musée d'Orsay
	Parent institution	Établissement public du musée d'Orsay et du musée de l'Orangerie
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 36″ N, 2° 19′ 35″ E
	Established	1986
	Website	www.musee-orsay.fr
	Authority file	: Q23402 VIAF: 130307757 ISNI: 0000000121572575 ULAN: 500310001 LCCN: n84128587 NLA: 36024323 WorldCat

Accession number

RF 1975 19 (Musée d'Orsay)

Place of creation

Arles

Exhibition history

Van Gogh and Britain, Tate Britain

References

Authority file

: Q1464531
Musée d'Orsay: 78696

Source/Photographer

http://art-vangogh.com/image/Arles%20(1888-1889)/106%20Starry%20Night%20Over%20the%20Rhone.jpg

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:41, 16 January 2017	5,407 × 4,191 (6.47 MB)	CFCF	larger
	14:06, 11 July 2016	2,918 × 2,428 (2.83 MB)	Pimbrils	Full image, better colours and resolution
	22:51, 3 October 2006	2,000 × 1,333 (713 KB)	Stephantom	better resolution / quality
	18:40, 15 May 2005	1,000 × 817 (135 KB)	Neutrality	Vincent van Gogh's ''Starry Night Over the Rhone'', painted in September 1888 at Arles. The painting is oil-on-canvas and measures 72.5 by 92 cm (28.54 by 36.22 inches). The painting is currently displayed at the [[Musée d'Orsay]