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The Great Comet of 1680 over Rotterdam (Dutch: Staartster (komeet) boven Rotterdam) is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Lieve Verschuier, created in 1680 [1.1.3, 1.3.2]. It depicts the reaction of Rotterdam’s citizens to the appearance of the Great Comet of 1680 (also known as Kirch’s Comet) [1.1.3, 1.3.1].
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