@ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 2 months ago"Yeah, yeah, I totally know what a lion looks like, just give me the brush"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down11
arrow-up1363arrow-down1image"Yeah, yeah, I totally know what a lion looks like, just give me the brush"lemmy.world@ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 2 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-square@thisbenzingringlinkEnglish26•2 months agoMaybe, originally it was a perfect rendition of a lion but a hundred years later, it got rubbed off and some old lady thought she’d fix it. It’s happened before!
minus-square@WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 months agoThe painting you’re referring to was made in 1930 and the botched restoration was done in 2012, so less than 100 years.
minus-squareancap sharklinkfedilink1•2 months agoDo you have the name of the piece? I would love to see it
minus-square@WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoEcce Homo. (And I always have to resist adding “qui est faba” to that name whenever I think about it.)
Maybe, originally it was a perfect rendition of a lion but a hundred years later, it got rubbed off and some old lady thought she’d fix it.
It’s happened before!
The painting you’re referring to was made in 1930 and the botched restoration was done in 2012, so less than 100 years.
Do you have the name of the piece? I would love to see it
Ecce Homo.
(And I always have to resist adding “qui est faba” to that name whenever I think about it.)