He wanted to take a picture inside the Uffizi but lost his balance and, falling, damaged “Il Ferdinando de' Medici” by Anton Domenico Gabbiani. The visitor - an Italian of about 40 years old - ended up causing a tear in the 18th century canvas, on which he leaned with his arms. He will be reported . It happened today, the day in which the Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli was at the Uffizi to celebrate the end of the dismantling operations of the crane that was ruining the city skyline.

If the damage , the museum explains, is slight, the position of the director of the Uffizi Simone Verde is firm: after the incident he announced that he wanted to set " very precise limits, preventing behaviors that are not compatible with the sense of our institutions and respect for cultural heritage ". According to Verde, "the problem of visitors who come to museums to make memes or take selfies for social media is rampant". And after all, a few days ago the complaint - with a video released here to denounce the incident and raise awareness among viewers - was filed by the director of Palazzo Maffei in Verona, Vanessa Carlon: here a couple of visitors, again to take a photo, practically destroyed the Van Gogh chair by the artist Nicola Bolla.

(Online Union)

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