Visitor Damages Uffizi Painting While Posing for Photo
- A visitor damaged a 17th-century painting at the Uffizi Galleries while posing for a photo, as reported by the museum to CNN.
- The damaged painting is a portrait of Tuscan Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici, created by Anton Domenico Gabbiani, sometime between 1695 and 1700.
- Security camera footage shows the visitor leaning back and touching the painting, resulting in a small tear near the ankle.
- The museum reported that the damage was 'light', and the painting will be repaired and displayed again soon.
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A visitor to Florence’s famous museum stumbled as he portrayed himself imitating the character’s pose on a canvas and tore a 17th-century cloth. “The problem is overwhelming,” admits the director
·Spain
Read Full ArticleA man stumbles into Anton Domenico Gabbiani's Baroque portrait of Ferdinando de' Medici and tears the canvas. The museum director is now threatening stricter rules after more similar incidents.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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