A 17th-century painting at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery was damaged by a visitor who stumbled into the artwork while posing for a photo.
The Italian museum confirmed Monday the incident, which took place Saturday, in a statement to CNN, noting that the painting is a portrait of Tuscan Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici, created in the late 1600s by Anton Domenico Gabbiani.
In surveillance footage made available by local media, the man is seen posing before the oil painting, leaning backward and quickly pulling away after realizing he came into contact with it.
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