Scientists think they’ve calculated the exact night when Van Gogh painted The Starry Night — but not everyone agrees with the July 22, 1889 date
- Scientists say they’ve dated Van Gogh’s The Starry Night
- Study says the painting was made on July 22, 1889
- The researchers used AI and CAD tools to help find an answer
The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous paintings in the world, and it’s generally held that the artist finished the work in June 1889, shortly before a serious mental breakdown. But a new scientific study has attempted to see if technology can find the exact date that the masterpiece was made — and it’s come to a quite different conclusion to past experts.
Research published in the journal Scientific Reportsargues that not only was the painting based on a real night sky rather than pulled from Van Gogh’s imagination, but that July 22, 1889 is the most likely candidate for the date of the composition. That flies in the face of the...
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