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Crâne avec cigarette allumée
Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette
Vincent van Gogh · 1886
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
About this painting
Van Gogh painted this smoking skull while grinding through anatomy classes at Antwerp's Royal Academy, a wry jab at the academic obsession with skeleton studies he found deadly dull.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
32 × 24.5 cm (12.6 × 9.6 in)
Painted at
Antwerp, Belgium
Current location
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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