Restrictions will likely be positioned on guests taking selfies on the Uffizi Galleries in Florence after a vacationer broken an 18th-century portrait whereas posing for {a photograph}, the gallery’s director confirmed right now.
In a video posted on the Day by day Mail web site, the person is seen capturing an image of himself mimicking the pose of Ferdinando de’ Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, in a 1712 portrait by Anton Domenico Gabbiani.
The person stumbles backward, falling in opposition to the portrait and leaving a gap close to the prince’s proper boot. The vacationer reportedly tripped on a platform meant to maintain guests at an acceptable distance from the work.
Simone Verde, the director of Uffizi Galleries stated in an announcement: “The issue of tourists coming to museums to make memes or take selfies for social media is rampant: we’ll set very exact limits, stopping behaviour that isn’t appropriate with the sense of our establishments and respect for cultural heritage. The vacationer, who was instantly recognized, will likely be prosecuted.”
The portray, which is included within the exhibition Florence and Europe: Arts of the 18th Century on the Uffizi, has since been eliminated for restore. The exhibition runs till 28 November however, in keeping with an internet assertion, will stay closed till 2 July.
The incident follows one other latest vacationer mishap on the Palazzo Maffei in Verona, throughout which a customer broken a crystal-studded work referred to as Van Gogh’s Chair (2006-07) by the artist Nicola Bolla. On CCTV footage a person could be seen sitting on the chair and posing for {a photograph} earlier than the seat buckles below his weight. The museum says that the incident, which befell in April, was reported to the police.
