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A crystal-covered chair inspired by one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings was seriously damaged when a tourist sat on it while posing for a photograph, according to the Italian museum where the artwork is on display.
Footage released by the Palazzo Maffei in Verona shows a man and woman taking turns to pose with the museum’s “Van Gogh” chair, before the man sits on it, breaking its seat and two front legs.
The woman then helps him up, before both hurry out of the room.
Taking its name from the renowned Dutch painter, the work by Italian artist Nicola Bolla was inspired by Van Gogh’s 1888 painting “Van Gogh’s…
