The Borja authorities said they were now considering taking legal action against Ms. Some played on the simian appearance of the portrait.
Giménez’s version of the fresco into other artworks. News of the disfiguring prompted Twitter users and bloggers to post parodies online inserting Ms. The fresco’s botched restoration came to light this month when descendants of the 19th-century artist, Elías García Martínez, proposed making a donation toward its upkeep. Giménez said she had worked on the fresco using a 10-year-old picture of it, but she eventually left Jesus with a half-beard and, some say, a monkeylike appearance. “I’ve never tried to do anything hidden.” “The priest knew it,” she told Spanish television. Giménez later defended herself, saying she could not understand the uproar because she had worked in broad daylight and had tried to salvage the fresco with the approval of the local clergy. The authorities said she had acted on her own.īut Ms.
The authorities in Borja said they had suspected vandalism at first, but then determined that the shocking alterations had been made by an elderly parishioner.
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