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Starry Night Over the Rhône

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Starry Night Over the Rhône is an oil painting Vincent van Gogh made in September 1888, showing the night sky over the river Rhône as seen from a spot a short walk from the Yellow House where he was living in Arles. It measures about 72.5 by 92 centimeters and is one of several nocturnal scenes van Gogh painted around this time, alongside works such as Cafe Terrace at Night and the later Starry Night. The painting is now held at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

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Year Created
1888 2
Medium
Oil on canvas 2
Location
Musée d'Orsay, Paris 2
Height (metres)
0.725 2
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Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Oil on Canvas 2
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1. Starry Night Over the Rhône (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Starry Night (September 1888, French: La Nuit étoilée), commonly known as Starry Night Over the Rhône, is a Vincent van Gogh painting of the night sky in Arles. It was painted on the bank of the Rhône, only a one or two-minute walk from the Yellow House, which van Gogh was renting at the time.
  • Created By: Vincent van Gogh, Infobox: artist
    Vincent van Gogh
  • In Form: Painting, Lead
    is a Vincent van Gogh painting
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2. Starry Night Over the Rhône (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, year
    1888
  • Infobox, medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Lead section, final paragraph
    now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris
  • Infobox, height_metric
    72.5
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