Spanish art collector has slammed a restorer who botched his classical painting of the Virgin Mary – leaving her face looking 'unrecognisable'.
The fine art copy was of a famous 17th century painting known as The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables by the baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Now the Christian deity has been left looking more like a "potato Madonna" according to one commentator writing in The Cut. The painting's Valenci-based owner was said to have paid over £1,000 to have it restored, yet was left looking more like a child's handiwork, despite two attempts to fix it by a furniture restorer.Now art historians are calling for a ban on amateur restorers from going near art works.Conservation expert Fernando Carrera, a.
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