Guest guest Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Celestial Sleuths Reveal Exact Date van Gogh Painted Moonrise A Sky & Telescope Press Release June 2, 2003 Using astronomical calculations and good old deductive reasoning, celestial sleuths provide the answer to a puzzle art historians have been trying to solve for years: the exact moment depicted in Vincent van Gogh's painting Moonrise. The answer: 9:08 p.m. local mean time on July 13, 1889. (picture) skyandtelescope.com/aboutsky/pressreleases/article_968_1.asp * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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