If your children are liable to cause the odd scene in public, prepare to feel a whole lot better about yourself this morning.
A little boy has turned every parent’s worst nightmare into a reality after he tripped in a Taiwan museum and punched a hole through a 350-year-old painting worth €1.3m.
In footage released by the organisers of the exhibition, The Face of Leonardo: Images of a Genius exhibition in Taipei, the 12-year-old Taiwanese boy, who was holding a drink at the time, stumbles to the side in front of the work, breaking his fall with his hand… and tearing through a 17th-century oil on canvas by the Italian master Paolo Porpora in the process.
According to Focus Taiwan News, the child’s parents will not be expected to pay for the restoration of the piece, Flowers, which is the only existing signed Porpora.
“All 55 paintings in the venue are authentic pieces and they are very rare and precious. Once these works are damaged, they are permanently damaged…we hope that everyone can protect these precious artworks with us,” TST Art of Discovery said in a post on the exhibition’s official Facebook page.
No hard feelings, then.
