{"product_id":"skull-with-a-burning-cigarette","title":"Skull with a Burning Cigarette","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSkull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette\u003c\/em\u003e (c. 1886), painted by \u003cstrong\u003eVincent van Gogh\u003c\/strong\u003e, captures a skeleton with a burning cigarette in its mouth—an image that is as darkly humorous as it is profound. The painting was created during van Gogh’s time at the \u003cstrong\u003eRoyal Academy of Fine Arts\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eAntwerp\u003c\/strong\u003e, Belgium, a period marked by both academic study and emotional turmoil. The artist’s engagement with this piece possibly had multiple layers of meaning, ranging from a \u003cstrong\u003estudy of anatomy\u003c\/strong\u003e to an \u003cstrong\u003eunconventional commentary on death\u003c\/strong\u003e, making it a \u003cstrong\u003ememento mori\u003c\/strong\u003e painting, a popular genre from the 1600s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.homage-art-to-be.com\/blogs\/news\/skull-of-a-skeleton-with-burning-cigarette\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"skull-of-a-skeleton-with-burning-cigarette\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eRead more about this work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e","brand":"Homage Art To Be","offers":[{"title":"Original: 32.3 cm × 24.8 cm","offer_id":53185651802430,"sku":null,"price":235.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small: 25.8 cm x 19.8 cm","offer_id":53185651835198,"sku":null,"price":196.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium: 38.8 cm x 29.8 cm","offer_id":53185651867966,"sku":null,"price":282.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large: 45.2 cm x 34.7 cm","offer_id":53185651900734,"sku":null,"price":339.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9138\/6686\/files\/Head_of_a_skeleton_with_a_burning_cigarette-scaled.jpg?v=1773790919","url":"https:\/\/www.homageart2b.com\/products\/skull-with-a-burning-cigarette","provider":"Homage Art To Be","version":"1.0","type":"link"}