In its statement , the Van Gogh Museum did n't divulge the full story behind the discovery of `` Sunset at Montmajour , '' saying it would be published in the October edition of The Burlington Magazine , a fine art publication , and at the museum . The painting has been identified as a van Gogh after ` ` extensive research , '' a museum says . ` ` A discovery of this magnitude has never before occurred , '' the Van Gogh Museum says . The picture is from 1888 , during a period considered by many to be the high point of his career . It depicts a landscape in the south of France , where van Gogh was working at the time .
The painting has been identified as a van Gogh after ` ` extensive research , '' a museum says . ` ` A discovery of this magnitude has never before occurred , '' the Van Gogh Museum says . The picture is from 1888 , during a period considered by many to be the high point of his career . It depicts a landscape in the south of France , where van Gogh was working at the time .