Schedel van een Skelet met Brandende Sigaret Size:36-40 Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'

Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'

and two versions of the iconic 'Standing Hippopotamus Figurine'

This majestic falcon stands proudly on its pedestal

The Colour Study from 1913 started as a personal note

Schedel van een Skelet met Brandende Sigaret Size:36-40 Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'Most people know Van Gogh from the Starry Night or the sunflowers. But he had also a darker, funnier side. This painting is the best proof of that: a skeleton's skull with a lit cigarette between its teeth. Van Gogh made it as a student in Antwerp, most likely as a joke aimed at his teachers who kept asking him to study skulls. Small, dark, and unexpectedly funny. And now it is on socks. Woven, not printed. The design is knitted thread by thread into