Vincent van Gogh’s ear may have been cut off in a fight with fellow painter Paul Gauguin, British paper the Daily Telegraph reports on Tuesday, quoting German researchers.

Van Gogh is believed to have cut off his own ear as he struggled with mental illness. But German art historians say he may have made up the story to protect Gauguin who actually cut it off with a sword during an argument.
The two men both kept a ‘pact of silence’ – Gauguin to avoid prosecution and Van Gogh in a vain attempt to keep a friend with whom he was hopelessly infatuated, the Telegraph claims.
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