A replica of Vincent Van Gogh’s severed ear grown from his relative's cells and shaped in a 3-D printer, has been placed on display by a German museum, according to a report.
Lieuwe van Gogh, the great-great-grandson of Vincent's brother Theo, donated cartilage from his own ear, which was replicated by a 3D-printer into the re-creation, according the Daily Mail.
The Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany grew the ear in a hospital in the US.
The Dutch master cut off his left ear in 1888. Best known for his still life paintings of flowers. He lived a troubled life, killing himself at the age of 37.
The ear was grown from tissue engineered cartilage and was made “identical” in shape to van Gogh’s ear by using computer imaging technology.
Lieuwe and Vincent van Gogh share about 1/16th of the same genes, including the Y-chromosome that is passed down the male lineage.
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