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Van Gogh 'cut off his entire ear'

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The Dutch painter, Vincent Van Gogh, was almost as famous for cutting off part of his ear as for his pictures of sunflowers and self-portraits. But new research by Bernadette Murphy suggests he cut off not just the lobe, but his whole ear. Our arts correspondent, Vincent Dowd, explains. (Photo: Close up of the painting, titled "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat", in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Credit: 麻豆社)

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