Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur

[4me2]

Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur


Elias Garcia Martinez's Ecce Homo (left) and the "restoration"




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.


Donation

The woman, in her 80s, was reportedly upset at the way the fresco had deteriorated and took it on herself to "restore" the image.
BBC Europe correspondent Christian Fraser says the delicate brush strokes of Elias Garcia Martinez have been buried under a haphazard splattering of paint.
The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says.
The woman appears to have realised she was out of her depth and contacted Juan Maria Ojeda, the city councillor in charge of cultural affairs.
Art historians are expected to meet at the church soon to discuss how to proceed.
Mr Ojeda said: "I think she had good intentions. Next week she will meet with a repairer and explain what kind of materials she used.
"If we can't fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting."
The fresco is not thought to be very valuable, but has a high sentimental value for local people.
Our correspondent says that to make matters worse, the local centre that works to preserve artworks had just received a donation from the painter's granddaughter which they had planned to use to restore the original fresco.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921

[cronus71]

Haha

[Mule]

LOL, that's brilliant

[funkyg]

That's almost as bad as Whistler's Mother from the first Mr Bean movie.

[dpSparhawk]

Haha, saw this earlier and fucking cracked up laughing. superb if you ask me

[DJ OD]

Oh wow.

Someone won't be happy...


DJ OD

[Teajunkie]

The repaired one looks fake like a child has done it.
I wonder if there was a point she was painting and thought "shit!" or if she was sat back thinking that looks better

[Zoots]

Aaahahaha!! That's had me howling!!

[Mystical_2K]

i wonder if she thought she had done a good job?

also at 80 years old that is actually quite good considering her eyesight must be going, i wouldnt have been able to resist the urge to add a curly tash and a couple of eye drop tattoos on the face

[{{909}}]

I saw this on reddit and though it was some 'in' photoshop joke i didnt understand. Fucking hilarious that its really some old lady trying to restore a classic painting.

[Zoots]

I'd thank 4me2 a second time if I could. This has had me chuckling all day. it's perfect sketch comedy! Poor lass!!

[Mule]

[Over Carl]

I think this photo is the only one that can compete with the YMCA one for religous wrong but funnyness at the same time.

[cronus71]

[cronus71]

http://io9.com/5948608/ruined-spanis...loween-costume

[aloogobee]

I prefer the new one lol