Art History's Most Famous Starry Nights for San Lorenzo

The Perseid meteor shower, visible from mid-July to August 24, peaks on August 10, the night of San Lorenzo. This annual celestial event has long inspired artists across creative fields. Artribune celebrates with a selection of iconic starry night artworks from art history. Unquestioned king of night skies is Vincent van Gogh, who frequently depicted nocturnal heavens in his landscapes and urban scenes. Albrecht Dürer included a comet in his esoteric engraving Melancholia. Giotto painted a stunning starry vault in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. Tintoretto's The Origin of the Milky Way and Edvard Munch's romantic Starry Night are also highlighted. Munch's painting is said to capture the view from a hotel window in an Oslo seaside resort, where he fell in love for the first time.