Ms. Carlon noted that they “walked out slowly, not rushing.” One of the museum’s security guards saw the pair leaving the museum via the building’s large baroque staircase, she added. But right ...

The couple, who was not identified, fled the scene at the Palazzo Maffei museum in Italy after the chair broke. See the video ...

A visitor taking a photo at the Palazzo Maffei crushed an Swarovski Crystal-covered sculpture by Nicola Bolla, known as Van Gogh Chair.

A tourist visiting the Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona has damaged a Swarovski crystal-covered sculpture modeled after Vincent van Gogh’s famous “Chair” painting.

The video above shows the moment Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" chair is wrecked. The couple was trying to take pictures, ...

The artwork by Italian artist Nicola Bolla is known as “Van Gogh’s Chair” and is adorned with hundreds of Swarovski crystals.