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Scientists turn art detectives to date van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to actual sky from 1889

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El País
“El cielo que atrapó a Van Gogh: la Luna y Venus revelan la fecha en que observó ‘La noche estrellada’”

Un grupo de científicos afirma que la famosa pintura coincide con la posición de los astros en el cielo de las primeras horas del 22 de julio de 1889, más tarde de lo que se creía

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DER SPIEGEL
“Die Sternennacht« von Vincent van Gogh: Forschende rekonstruieren, wann der Himmel aussah wie auf dem Gemälde”

Im Winter 1888 schnitt sich Vincent van Gogh das Ohr ab, im Sommer darauf malte er eines seiner bekanntesten Bilder. Forschende glauben zu wissen, wann genau ihn der Himmel inspiriert hat. Andere Experten sind skeptisch.

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France 24 English
“Scientists turn art detectives to date van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to actual sky from 1889”

A team of South Korean researchers has put forward a new date for the night sky depicted in Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's famed masterpiece "The Starry Night". Art historians have long assumed the stars were a product of the artist's fantasy or dated the scene to June 1889 based on the artist's location and other details, but astronomical details like the sliver crescent moon don't line up.

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