A copy of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables was restored magnificently by a “furniture restorer” in Spain, whose work challenges the illustrious heights of 2012’s Beast Jesus of Zaragoza.
The restorer made a second attempt, reports Europa Press, which lacks the Beast Jesus je ne sais quoi of his first effort but brings its own horror-movie corpse lady vibe to the table.
When asking the author of the ‘restoration’ for explanations , he tried to ‘solve’ the problem, but the result of the work has been an image that has nothing to do with the original. Now, the collector has contacted another specialist, this one trained for this work, who will try to rehabilitate the work, says the owner, speaking to Europa Press. The vice president of Internal Relations and coordinator in the Valencian Community of the Professional Association of Conservative Restorations explains that aberrations like this are “unfortunately much more frequent than you think.”
Restorers warn of irreversible errors due to non-professional interventions [Machine translation, Google]