Image credits: Palazzo Maffei The chair, designed by Italian artist Nicola Bolla and named after Dutch Post-impressionist Vincent Van Gogh, was noted for being delicate.

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 Brief A couple was caught on camera damaging a Swarovski crystal-covered chair artwork inspired by Van Gogh at Palazzo Maffei in Verona. The man sat on the delicate piece, causing it to ...

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 ...