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Self-portrait with Grey Felt Hat by van Gogh
An 1887 oil on canvas painting, Self-portrait with Grey Felt Hat, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September-October and showing the influence of the Pontillists Vincent had met in Paris. The...
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Wheatfield with a Reaper by van Gogh
An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Wheatfield with a Reaper, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France, plein air, and part of a series of the same scenes...
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Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer by van Gogh
An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in June on the coast of southern France, one of three studies the artist made of this...
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Wheatfields with Crows by van Gogh
An 1890 oil on canvas painting, Wheatfields with Crows, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in July in Auvers-sur-Oise, northern France. The view of the fields here is slightly raised which makes the...
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The Night Café by van Gogh
An 1888 oil on canvas painting, The Night Café, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in place du Forum in Arles, France. It is the interior of the same café which features in the Café Terrace...
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Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was formed in 1602 by the Staten-Generaal (States General) of the then Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The company was granted a 21-year charter with rights to trade exclusively in Asia and to...
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Self-portrait by van Gogh
An 1889 oil-on-canvas self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in Saint-Rémy de Provence. One of 43 self-portraits we have by the artist. The swirls of the background and the similarity...
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The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck
The Ghent Altarpiece, aka The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE). An inscription on the reverse also credits Hubert van Eyck (d. 1426 CE) but so little is known of this individual...
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Starry Night by van Gogh
An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in June in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. This is a view from the artist's window in the asylum he voluntarily admitted...
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Café Terrace at Night by van Gogh
An 1888 oil on canvas, Café Terrace at Night, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in the place du Forum of Arles, France. The artist here uses the strong contrasting colours of yellow and...