The 6 failed restorations in the art world

These works of art were poorly restored

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In the world they exist Art restaurateurswho put all their efforts to improve the works that have lost details due to the passage of time or by an unknown agent. However, there are people who sail with the same flag of talented restorers, but they are not precisely what they proclaim. They are only art lovers, but that's not enough.

These pieces are so important that it is worth being restored, although the right people have not been presented. For this reason, they have suffered irreversible damage that we regret. Know Those pieces that have been ruined, perhaps, without intention.

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The Immaculate of the Escorial

This is an incredible original work by Esteban Murillo. It was made at the beginning of the 20th century and the original is located in the Prado Museum. However, His valuable and very close replica belongs to a collector in Valencia And, for reasons outside of him and his care, he lost color. A few weeks ago he decided to restore her and not finding a professional (by the epidemic of Covid-19), he approached a carpenter whose work completely destroyed the piece of the Virgin looking at the sky.