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Portrait in Florence allegedly damaged by visitor taking a selfie

Danny Fullbrook

Cultural reporter

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The picture will be returned to the exhibition when restored

A museum visitor is claimed to be damaged by a 18th century oily paint painting after hanging a selfie.

Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, Anton Domenico Gabbiani Ferdinando, the great prince of Tuscany, said that a tourist fell back while trying to “make a breast” in front of a portrait of Medici.

The museum announced that the damage can be repaired quickly, but director Simone Verde said that restrictions on visitor behavior in the future can be applied.

In a statement, he said: “The problem of visitors who come to museums to make breasts or take a selfie for social media is common.

“We will determine very precise limits by preventing behavior that is not compatible with the sense of our institutions and respect for cultural heritage.”

The portrait was exhibited as part of an exhibition called Florence and Europe: the arts of the eighteenth century in Uffizi.

According to the gallery, the visitor was defined by the police and reported to the judicial officials.

The exhibition, which consists of approximately 150 works of art, is closed until July 2 after the incident. The picture will be temporarily repaired, so it will be ready to exhibit.

The exhibition will then be broadcast as planned until November 28th.

Earlier this year, at Palazzo Maffei in Verona, A man apparently slipped and Bejeweled fell into a chair By Italian artist Nicola Bolla.

He was taking pictures with a woman, acting as if he was sitting on the chair.

Museum Director Vanessa Carlon said: “Sometimes we lose our brain to take pictures and we don’t think about the results.

“Of course it was an accident, but these two people left without talking to us – this is not an accident.”

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