Wheat Field with Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

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Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 28 13/16 × 36 3/4 in. (73.2 × 93.4 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Wheat Field with Cypresses
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise)
Date: 1889
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28 13/16 × 36 3/4 in. (73.2 × 93.4 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1853–1890

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