VAN GOGH - SKELETON W/ CIGARETTE, C/16 Skull and holding several an assortment

and holding several an assortment of blue-tinted mushrooms

this box displays a colorful scarab pattern

Saint Francis is made of cold cast bonded bronze

Shiva also known as Mahadeva ("Great God")

VAN GOGH - SKELETON W/ CIGARETTE, C/16 Skull and holding several an assortmentSkull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette was created while van Gogh was a student at the Acadmie Royale des Beaux Arts in Antwerp, Belgium. He attended life classes to improve his command of the human figure, where a skeleton was used to study anatomy. the burning cigarette placed between the teeth of this bare skull typifies the irreverent humor that often reigned among art students, but the striking feature of this painting is van Gogh's vital and