Portrait of “Elizabeth II” dated 1855 and “Landscape of Normandy” paintings dated 1884, Prado Museum to the Provincial Council as permanent deposit.With the recent purchase in the last year of 1931, “Dressing the bride”they are three pieces damaged, leaky, so it looks more like attack on property Considering the characteristics of the “footprints” on it, it was an accident high value canvases According to what has been learned, these creatures were killed by the person or persons who treated them cruelly. VISION-EL CORREO DE ZAMORA, Member of the Prensa Ibérica group.
Although it’s about defects invisible to the naked eyeExcept when the sun shines on the wall of the house to the left of the stairs leading to the first floor And in ground floor corridoron the left side of the entrance to the monastery, which does not mean that they are less solemn, “Prado will have to decide who to hire for its restoration”, indicate the sources referenced. A rehabilitation that would be covered by County Council insurance. The cost of this action is not yet known.
Damages
The author’s work titled “Dressing the Bride” Richard the SecondIt is the first damaged painting found by anyone who visits the ground floor of the property. guilty HE He tried to lift the painting mercilessly, like that “as if someone had shaved with an object”
Further on, following the corridor on the left, the unnamed portrait of “Elizabeth II” emerges deep holes Additionally, since it looks like a sharp object at the bottom of the right side of the canvas, art experts will determine how these small cracks formed.
“Normandy landscape” created by Jaime Morera and GaliciaHe directly tore the fabric depicting one of the most impressive scenes ever to grace the walls of the Palacio de la Encarnación.
National Police are currently examining works of art, is seeking evidence that may determine how these events occurred, which shocked provincial agency staff and political leaders and stunned them with unprecedented events. It will be the National Police unit, which specializes in crimes against heritage, that will have to examine each oil painting in detail.
Closed circuit cameras and closure of the palace in the afternoon
One of the first measures that the provincial institution will take will be the following: Close access to the building from La Encarnación churchTo ensure extreme control of people entering the existing exhibition hall, especially during the afternoon shift, To the toilet area used by the public, located on the ground floor of the palace.
The second measure will be the installation closed circuit cameras This allows you to see the entire property, whose structure is quite complex. There’s only one right now surveillance camera access to the interior of the property.
A watchman’s good eyesight
He was one of these: watchmen the company providing building security A person who discovers attacks in paintings, often by observing the paintings hung on the walls of La Encarnación’s corridors. “The reflection of the sun on the canvases made him see something strange; when he got closer he could see the damage to one of the oil on canvas paintings left in the Prado Museum.”He found one accident and two others damaged, causing the palace visitor to check the condition of everyone within sight. It was Saturday, September 30, when the security service employee learned this terrible news.
Communication Provincial Council President Javier Faúndez, According to sources consulted, mechanisms have been introduced to check whether vandals target more works of art.