A botched restoration of 'Ecce Homo', a fesco of Jesus, has bolstered a small Spanish town's economy. The Ecce Homo (Latin: " Behold the Man") in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain, is a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez depicting Jesus crowned with thorns. Both the subject and style were typical of traditional Catholic art.
[1] While press accounts agree that the original painting was artistically unremarkable, [2][3][4] its current fame. Woman Who Ruined Fresco Of Jesus Now Wants To Be Paid: The Two-Way Cecilia Giménez turned her Spanish church's 19. The painting's since been found impossible to restore from its current state.
At one point, García Martínez's horrified heirs had threatened to sue Giménez for destroying the painting, but. Journalists likened the restoration to Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean defacing Whistler's Mother.
Some compared the painting to a blurry potato and a monkey. Others dubbed it Beast Jesus and Ecce Mono (Behold the Monkey). Giménez felt so humiliated that she cried for days and refused to eat, her relatives said.
Cecilia Giminez, an elderly Spanish woman, created a well-intentioned but regrettably executed restoration of Ecce Homo (or 'Behold the Man'), a fresco painting of Jesus before he is nailed to the. Remember this hilarious botched fresco? It's helping a town survive a recession PEOPLE just can't get enough of this hilariously bad restoration of a Jesus painting from a few years ago. When 81-year old Cecilia Gimenez took it upon herself to restore a flaking century-old fresco of Jesus on her local church's wall in Spain last year, she was treated to an international.
A botched art restoration that became an internet sensation - lovingly dubbed "Fluffy Jesus" or "Monkey Christ." Из Ad best of he ary of Mercy church. Over the decades, time and humidity had taken their toll on the painting. That's when Cecilia Giménez, an elderly parishioner and amateur artist, took it upon herself to restore it.
The image of the distorted Jesus face remains a powerful symbol of the complexities of art restoration and the fine line between preservation and alteration. As we look back on the Jesus fresco restoration in Borja, we are reminded of the fragility of art and the responsibilities we all share in ensuring its long.