The restoration no longer has anything to do with the original. While a collector from Valence (Spain) wanted a painting by artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo to be restored, the work came back disfigured, relates La Vanguadia relayed by BFM TV. It is a canvas representing the Immaculate Conception that its owner entrusted to a furniture restorer. The latter only had to clean the work so that it regained its luster. But the result is catastrophic.
During a first operation, the face of the Virgin was damaged. What annoy the collector who asked the professional to get back to work. But the restaurateur completely missed the exercise. Damage could be irreversible according to some experts, says BFM TV. This did not prevent the restaurateur from invoicing his service for € 1,200.
An Immaculate of Murillo ends up “disfigured” as the Ecce Homo during a restoration.
The restaurateurs warn of “irreversible changes” in the patrimony by “disastrous” and non-professional actions.https://t.co/eKnxpQWokEhttps://t.co/eKnxpQWokE
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No qualification required in Spain
Restoring a work requires qualifications and skills. However, in Spain, anyone can improvise restoring tables, specify our colleagues. This is not without problems. “Can you imagine anyone being allowed to operate on other people? Or someone authorized to sell drugs without a pharmacist’s license? Or someone who is not an architect authorized to construct a building? “ denounce to Guardian Fernando Carrera, former president of the Spanish Professional Association of Restaurateurs and Restaurateurs (Acre).
This case is not unique to Spain. In 2012, the restoration ofBehold the man from the village of Borja by an octogenarian without real skills, had gone around the web recalls BFM TV.
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