What is the de la Faille catalog number of “The Starry Night”? F612. The number comes from the catalogue raisonné of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings compiled by Jacob-Baart de la Faille.
De la Faille’s catalogue assigned identifying numbers to Van Gogh’s works, allowing scholars, museums, and collectors to distinguish paintings even when titles vary across languages. “The Starry Night” is therefore commonly listed as F612, alongside other catalogue systems such as JH1731, the number from the later Jan Hulsker catalogue.
The painting was made in 1889 at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. It is an oil painting on canvas measuring about 73.7 by 92.1 centimetres and is now held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. MoMA acquired it in 1941 through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest.
F612 can be confused with nearby de la Faille numbers assigned to other Saint-Rémy works. F613, for example, identifies a different Van Gogh painting, not “The Starry Night.” The catalogue number is an artwork identifier, not a date, inventory price, or museum accession number.