{"id":17,"date":"2008-05-02T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T17:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/small-vase.flywheelsites.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/02\/starry-starry-night\/"},"modified":"2008-05-02T11:03:51","modified_gmt":"2008-05-02T17:03:51","slug":"starry-starry-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.vangoghgallery.com\/index.php\/en\/2008\/05\/02\/starry-starry-night\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Starry, Starry Night&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have had several inquiries recently about the paintings described in the first stanza of Don McLean\u2019s hit song \u201cVincent.\u201d<span>\u00a0 The Van Gogh Gallery\u00a0has<\/span> a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/painting\/starrynightlyrics.html\" title=\"Starry, Starry Night Lyrics\">Starry, Starry Night<\/a> page\u00a0that breaks down the lyrics and names paintings that are referenced in the song.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>However, we have not broken down the song line by line and associated each with a particular painting.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>With almost 900 paintings in Van Gogh\u2019s collection, it may be hard to say which paintings, if any in particular, are being referred to specifically in the song.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>If you would like to offer your ideas on which paintings are being referred to, you can access the complete <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/catalog\/\" title=\"Vincent van Gogh Complete Catalog of Paintings\">Van Gogh Catalog <\/a>on the Van Gogh Gallery, or view the interactive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/misc\/chrono_book.html\" title=\"Vincent van Gogh Chronology of Paintings\">Van Gogh Book<\/a> which chronicles some of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/painting\/\" title=\"Vincent van Gogh Paintings\">Van Gogh\u2019s most famous paintings<\/a>.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>We would like to thank <a target=\"_blank\" 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