Say What?!: Botched Painting Restoration Gives Virgin Mary a Cartoon Face

Lexis Twentier

Lexis Twentier

Published June 24, 2020 4:03 am
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VALENCIA, Spain — The Spanish owner of a painting by famed artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo said he paid more than $1,300 to have it restored, and the process made a mess of the Virgin Mary’s face.

The Valencia owner of The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables by baroque artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo said he paid $1,356.69 to have a furniture restorer clean the painting, but the attempt destroyed the face of the Virgin Mary.

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