A teenage tourist faces charges for allegedly destroying centuries-old artwork and tearing apart tapestries at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Authorities say 19-year-old Joshua Walling threw water on 19th-century French painting Princess de Broglie The work by French portrait painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, created on Monday, November 3, at around 4:30 pm, has been called a “masterpiece” by the Met’s online catalog. Volland’s misguided museum tour then turned to a 16th-century Italian altarpiece Madonna and child with saintGirolamo dai Libri’s work was also splashed with water, and he ended up tearing two tapestries. He was taken into custody a short time later, investigators said, adding that no injuries were reported.
Walling, who was staying at a Times Square hotel at the time, did not reveal a motive for the vandalism. this new york post The report said he appeared to be under the influence of “an unknown substance and was turned over to police by his mother. He was taken to a hospital and then arraigned on criminal mischief charges,” police said.
Princess de BroglieA highlight of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of European paintings, “” is one of the last commissions by French neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The painting is famous for its seamless brushstrokes, which give her blue satin and lace gown a lifelike sheen that is offset by pearls and gold jewelry. A few years into their brief marriage, the sitter’s husband, Albert de Broglie, commissioned Ingres to paint the portrait. Soon after the painting was completed, Josephine Eleonore Marie-Pauline de Gallard de Brassac de Béarne died of tuberculosis.
The Met said in a statement that the damage was minor and repairs were expected to cost about $1,000.
