Wheatfield with Crows

from the sources

• The Van Gogh Museum's version of Wheatfield with Crows was painted in July 1890, in the last weeks of Van Gogh's life. en.wikipedia.org

  “The Van Gogh Museum's Wheatfield with Crows was painted in July 1890, in the last weeks of Van Gogh's life.”

• Letter evidence suggests the painting was completed around 10 July 1890. en.wikipedia.org

  “The evidence of his letters suggests that Wheatfield with Crows was completed around 10 July and predates such paintings as Auvers Town Hall on 14 July 1890 and Daubigny's Garden.”

• The painting is not Van Gogh's final work; Tree Roots is considered his last painting. en.wikipedia.org

  “His final painting in actuality was Tree Roots.”

• The painting was made on a double-square canvas and shows a cloudy sky filled with crows over a wheat field. en.wikipedia.org

  “Wheat Field with Crows, made on a double-square canvas, depicts a dramatic, cloudy sky filled with crows over a wheat field.”

• Van Gogh used elongated double-square canvases exclusively in the last weeks of his life, in June and July 1890. en.wikipedia.org

  “These painting are all examples of Van Gogh's elongated double-square canvases, used exclusively by him in the last few weeks of his life, in June and July 1890.”

• The painting was stolen in 1991 along with 19 other Van Gogh paintings, quickly recovered, and severely damaged during the theft. en.wikipedia.org

  “Wheatfield with Crows was stolen and quickly recovered in 1991 along with 19 other Van Gogh paintings; the painting was "severely damaged" during the heist.”

• The Van Gogh Museum describes the work as oil on canvas measuring 50.5 cm by 103 cm, made in Auvers-sur-Oise in July 1890. vangoghmuseum.nl

  “olieverf op doek, 50.5 cm x 103 cm”

• The Van Gogh Museum calls the idea that this was Van Gogh's last work a persistent myth, noting he made several other works afterwards. vangoghmuseum.nl

  “Dit is echter een hardnekkige mythe. Na dit schilderij maakte hij nog verschillende andere werken.”