What are the odds that on Van Gogh's birthday one of his paintings would be stolen, and there would also be a spider named in honor of one of his most famous paintings?

Vincent van Gogh

Born 30 March 1853

Died 29 July 1890

was a Dutch post-impressionist painter.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

Van Gogh Painting Stolen After Thieves Apparently Smash Dutch Museum Entrance

March 30, 20204:03 PM ET

A painting by Vincent Van Gogh was stolen early Monday morning from a Dutch museum in what appeared to be a smash-and-grab from the institution's front entrance.

The painting, an 1884 work titled "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884,"

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/30/823965150/van-gogh-painting-stolen-after-thieves-apparently-smash-dutch-museum-entrance

Tiny newly discovered spider looks like Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night

It's one of seven new peacock spiders discovered by an Australian arachnologist and citizen scientists.

Bonnie Burton

March 27, 2020 4:31 PM PDT

Looking for spiders might not be high on everyone's to-do list right now, but thanks to citizen scientists and an Australian arachnologist, seven new colorful species of the teeny-tiny peacock spider have recently been discovered. One spider even resembles a famous Vincent van Gogh painting.

https://www.cnet.com/news/tiny-newly-discovered-spider-looks-like-vincent-van-goghs-starry-night/