Granny Botched a Fresco Painting Restoration
This is so awful you just have to laugh. An elderly woman, upset at a deteriorated fresco painted by a Spanish Master, took out her own paintbrush and paints and completely mauled the artwork.
From the BBC here:
An elderly parishioner has stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco.
Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years.
The woman took her brush to it after years of deterioration due to moisture.
Cultural officials said she had the best intentions and hoped it could be properly restored.
The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says.
So freakin’ hilarious. Thanks to Penn Jillette
I retweeted this but I’ve also get to tweet it.It’s just too funny.Man, it’s funny.Kills me. bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) August 22, 2012
I heard about this on the radio but now seeing it I kind of like her version. A pity she messed up an old master.