In his master work, Rheinhold borrows the European cultural tradition of meditation on a human skull, popularized in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Our replica features the details found in the original piece including the stack of books, skull in hand and set of calipers held by the ape's foot. Our bronze statue is then hand rubbed in a multidimensional sepia patina finish and set atop a solid black marble base. Color patina is applied by hand one piece at a time, tone may vary slightly.