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Café Terrace at Night
Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh's first night scene with stars, painted outdoors in Arles under gaslight.
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 80.7 × 65.3 cm
- Location
- Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
History
What the record shows
He worked at the Place du Forum over three nights in September 1888, painting directly from the scene.
The canvas came to Helene Kröller-Müller early, and has stayed within one collection ever since.
Provenance
Chain of ownership
- 01Van Gogh estate, 1890
- 02Helene Kröller-Müller collection, 1906
- 03Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, from 1938
