Tourist posing for photo breaks 19th Century Antonio Canova sculpture
Telegraph, 06 Aug 2020
A tourist has broken the toes off a 200-year-old Italian sculpture.
The man, now identified as Austrian, was posing for a photograph on the statue when the accident happened.
The 19th century sculpture by artist Antonio Canova is a plaster cast model, with the marble statue version in Rome.
The individual was part of a tourist group visiting the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova museum in Italy.
He has in fact been identified as the husband of the woman who organised the visit.
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The man, now identified as Austrian, was posing for a photograph on the statue when the accident happened.
The 19th century sculpture by artist Antonio Canova is a plaster cast model, with the marble statue version in Rome.
The individual was part of a tourist group visiting the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova museum in Italy.
He has in fact been identified as the husband of the woman who organised the visit.
Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/behave-holiday-without-disgracing-yourself-country/?WT.mc_id=tmg_youtube_offsite_televideo-youtubevideo&utm_source=tmgoff&utm_medium=tmg_youtube&utm_content=offsite_televideo&utm_campaign=tmg_youtube_offsite_televideo-youtubevideo
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
