File:Hiroshige Van Gogh 1.JPG

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	English: Andō Tokutarō, Ichiyūsai Hiroshige, Andō Hiroshige, Hiroshige Utagawa 日本語: 安藤徳太郎　・一幽斎廣重　・安藤広重
Description	Japanese ukiyo-e artist
Date of birth/death	1797	12 October 1858
Location of birth	Edo
Work location	Japan
Authority control	WorldCat



Alternative names	Vincent Willem van Gogh
Description	Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker
Date of birth/death	30 March 1853	29 July 1890
Location of birth/death	Zundert	Auvers-sur-Oise
Work period	between circa 1880 and circa July 1890
Work location	Netherlands ( Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886), Paris (from 1886 until 1887), Arles (from 1888 until 1889), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (from 1889 until 1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Authority control	WorldCat

Description

English: Comparison of a woodblock print by Hiroshige (left) to its copy painted by van Gogh

Français : Comparaison de deux tableaux, un original d'Hiroshige et la copie de van Gogh

Right, van Gogh: Japonaiserie, 'Flowering Plum Tree' (after Hiroshige),

Date

Kameido 1857

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

13.25 × 8.625 in (33.7 × 21.9 cm)

Current location

Brooklyn Museum

	Native name	Brooklyn Museum
	Location	New York City
	Coordinates	40° 40′ 16.10″ N, 73° 57′ 48.43″ W
	Established	1895
	Website	www.brooklynmuseum.org
	Authority control	WorldCat

Van Gogh Museum

	Native name	Van Gogh Museum
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 30.30″ N, 4° 52′ 51.90″ E
	Established	1973
	Website	www.vangoghmuseum.nl

Source/Photographer

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hiroshige/plum.jpg

Licensing

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