De sterrennacht
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English: Vincent van Gogh's
De sterrennacht (The Starry night) is considered by many to be his magnus opus, it currently resides in New York's
Museum of Modern Art.
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English: van Gogh's De sterrennacht (The Starry night). This Commons file is considered one of the best in the project and was a 2009 picture of the year contestant.
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[edit] History
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English: Reed pen drawing by van Gogh, executed after the painting
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[edit] Colours
English: Tweaking of images for the correct reproduction of colours on a computer screen can be problematic and result in files that are unlike each other, and the real painting.
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English: This version of the painting is considered by some to be truer to the original.
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English: The best thing of course is to see a painting in the flesh.
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[edit] Details
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English: Close up of the painting
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English: Lower right corner
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English: Upper right corner
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