File:Van Gogh Starry Night Drawing.jpg

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Artist	Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)       Alternative names Vincent Willem van Gogh Description Dutch painter, draughtsman 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 Work location Netherlands ( Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886), Paris (from 1886 until 1887), Arles (from 1888 until 1889), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (from 1889 until 1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890) Authority control WorldCat
Title	Starry Night Sternennacht
Medium	drawing
Dimensions	47 × 62.5 cm (18.5 × 24.6 in)
Current location	Museum of Architecture
	Moscow
Object history	formely Kunsthalle Bremen
Credit line	user:Rlbberlin
Source/Photographer	Own work
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