Woman whose botched Jesus fresco became a viral sensation dies, aged 94 – The Art Newspaper

Woman whose botched Jesus fresco became a viral sensation dies, aged 94 – The Art Newspaper

Cecilia Giménez Zueco of Borja in northeast Spain hit the headlines in 2012 when she gave to the world her “striking” restoration of a fresco of Jesus Christ. The work in question, Ecce Homo (“Behold the Man” in Latin) by the 19th-century painter Elias Garcia Martinez, had been housed for more than 100 years in … Read more

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