Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette ☷ Van Gogh ☲ Canvas Size:12 x 16 as described in the fourth

as described in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Mark

It depicts the industrialization of the port at Monet's hometown of Le Havre

in which the use of Prussian blue pigment revolutionized Japanese printmaking

pack boats and steamships

Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette ☷ Van Gogh ☲ Canvas Size:12 x 16 as described in the fourthSkull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (1886) by Vincent van Gogh is self descriptive. He depicted skeletons and skulls only a few times in his career. It is considered a memento mori, a reminder of death, at a time when he himself was in poor health. One might interpret it as a criticism of smoking, but van Gogh was an avid smoker until his death in 1890.