The boy was caught on security footage this past Sunday at "The Face of Leonardo, Images of a Genius" exhibition in Taipei, according to the exhibition's Facebook page.
The video shows the 12-year-old tripping over a rope barrier and trying
to catch his balance on the 17th-century oil painting titled "Flowers."
He accidentally punches a hole the size of a fist into the painting and
looks around, apparently in shock, when he gets up.
The painting, 6.5 feet tall, was being restored on Monday by a Taiwanese
art restorer before it was shipped back to Italy, according to Sun
Chi-hsuan, the head of exhibition co-organizer TST Art of Discovery Co.,
Taiwanese news network Central News Agency (CNA) reported.
The exhibition was also temporarily closed Monday morning but reopened
in the afternoon, during which an 80-centimeter distance was maintained
between each painting and visitors, Sun said.
The boy who accidentally damaged the painting was very nervous, but
curator Andrea Rossi asked that the boy not be blamed and that the
family not be asked to pay for the cost of the restoration, CNA
reported. The station added that an insurance company would cover
restoration costs and compensate the owner of the painting.
"All 55 paintings in the venue are authentic pieces and they are very rare and precious," read a post on the exhibition's official Facebook page. "Once these works are damaged, they are permanently damaged... We hope that everyone can protect these precious artworks with us."
"The Face of Leonardo, Images of a Genius" exhibition is showcasing 50
original paintings by prominent artists from the Italian Renaissance
period to the 20th century, according to the exhibition's website.
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