The museum record
The Metropolitan Museum of Art records this work as Wheat Field with Cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh. The object facts below come from the museum’s collection record. They describe the original object; a reproduction can have different dimensions.
| Detail | Museum record |
|---|---|
| Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
| Date | 1889 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Original dimensions | 28 13/16 × 36 3/4 in. (73.2 × 93.4 cm) |
| Collection | Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993 |
Look at the composition
Follow the movement between the pale sky, the dark vertical cypresses and the yellow-green field. Curving marks carry the eye across the scene, while the tree group gives the wide composition a strong upright anchor. The smaller cloud shapes and the larger sweep of the field create different scales of movement to notice.
For a room, compare how the whole landscape reads from a distance with the detail visible close up. The greens, yellows and pale blues give you several colors to place beside a wall or mat sample. That comparison is about the reproduction in your space; it is not a claim that a particular color will create the same response for every viewer.
Plan a reproduction
Start by preserving the whole landscape. Check how a narrower or taller paper shape would cut into the field and sky before accepting a crop. A paper template can help you compare a modest framed image with a wider focal piece.
Open the museum record for the available image and source details. Inspect the file you download, compare its actual proportions with your paper, and confirm the printer’s requirements before ordering a reproduction.
Image source
The Met currently identifies this object’s image as public domain and makes its Open Access images available under CC0. Follow the collection link to inspect the museum’s available image files and current object record.