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David Mouriquand

Botched selfie: Tourist damages 18th-century painting at Uffizi Gallery in Florence

A tourist attempting to capture a picture of himself in front of an 18th-century portrait at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence tripped and left a hole in the artwork.  

The man taking a selfie stumbled on the platform intended to keep visitors at a distance from the portrait of Ferdinando de’ Medici, "Grand Duke of Tuscany" (c.1695–1700) by Italian Baroque painter Anton Domenico Gabbiani. 

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