Post by Morreion on Sept 2, 2015 18:48:15 GMT -5
Boy trips, punches hole in $1.5 million painting (CNN)
(CNN)It's enough to cause curators to break out in cold sweats: the sight of a museum visitor tumbling right into a valuable, centuries-old painting at a busy exhibition.
A Taiwanese schoolboy, 12, did just that on a visit to a Leonardo da Vinci-themed show in Taipei, tripping up while admiring the exhibits.
When he put out his hand to steady himself, he tore a hole "the size of a fist" in a $1.5 million artwork.
The incident, at Taipei's Huashan 1914 creative arts center, was captured on closed-circuit television footage from inside the gallery.
"Flowers," by 17th-century Italian Baroque artist Paolo Porpora, was one of 55 pieces on display in "The Face of Leonardo, Images of a Genius" exhibition.
