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Van Gogh, 'A Wheatfield with Cypresses', 1889. London, The National Gallery.

Sample the Tour

Piero di Cosimo, 'A Satyr mourning over a Nymph'
Sebastiano del Piombo, 'The Raising of Lazarus'
Poussin, 'The Adoration of the Golden Calf'
Tiepolo, 'An Allegory with Venus and Time'
Thomas Jones, 'A Wall in Naples'
Van Gogh, 'A Wheatfield, with Cypresses'

The full tour is available from the audio desks in the Gallery.

Van Gogh, 'A Wheatfield with Cypresses'

Van Gogh's bright, bold paintings are surprisingly fragile. The director asks David Bomford, Head of the Conservation Department, how they are preserved.

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