Starry Night Over the Rhône
painting by Vincent van Gogh
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Summary
Starry Night Over the Rhône is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,122 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Vincent van Gogh[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Owned by: French State[5]
- Movement: Post-impressionism[6]
- Genre: landscape painting[7]
- Depicts: Arles[8], Rhône[9], Ursa Major[10], couple[11], night[12], mirror image[13]
- Made from material: oil paint[14], canvas[15]
- Collection: Musée d'Orsay[16]
- Inventory number: RF 1975 19[17]
- Location: Musée d'Orsay[18]
- Commons category: Starry Night Over the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh[19]
- Catalog code: F474[20], JH1592[21]
- Inception: 1888[22]
- Exhibition history: Van Gogh and Britain[23]
- Described at URL: http://www.vggallery.com/painting/p_0474.htm[24]
- Title: Starry Night[25], La Nuit étoilée[26]
- Height: 720 millimetre[27]
- Width: 921 millimetre[28]
- IIIF manifest URL: https://iiif.musee-orsay.fr/Manifester/IIIF/3/objects!78696/manifest.json[29]
- Copyright status: public domain[30]
Why It Matters
Starry Night Over the Rhône has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]