{"id":62342,"date":"2025-12-30T18:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cecilia-gimenez-spanish-woman-known-for-botched-fresco-restoration-dies-at-age-94\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:39:49","slug":"cecilia-gimenez-spanish-woman-known-for-botched-fresco-restoration-dies-at-age-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cecilia-gimenez-spanish-woman-known-for-botched-fresco-restoration-dies-at-age-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Cecilia Gim\u00e9nez, Spanish woman known for botched fresco restoration, dies at age 94"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\" wp_automatic_readability=\"60.909598214286\">\n<p>Cecilia Gim\u00e9nez, the Spanish woman whose <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spanish-fresco-ruined-by-good-intentions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">botched restoration<\/a><\/span> of a century-old painting of Jesus Christ <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ruined-fresco-draws-attention-fans-in-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">captured global headlines<\/a><\/span> more than a decade ago, has died. She was 94.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Borja, northeastern Spain, confirmed Gim\u00e9nez&#8217;s death <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02b3Z6LfxmPvrvfDn8gmsPbjEvHBapsQfgo44qmcyeYzo1MDS2TV5emRkuSxU1qFdyl&amp;id=100083814300774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on Facebook<\/a>. Mayor Eduardo Arilla told a local newspaper she died in a nursing home, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/30\/world\/europe\/spain-jesus-fresco-restoration-painter-gimenez-dead.html?smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation that manages the church in Borja where the &#8220;Ecce Homo&#8221; fresco is displayed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanctispiritussantuariomisericordiaborja\/posts\/pfbid027KKsABjcEENSztaTbAwUrsvD6oRbfRRoxaZyXi4Z6D3RQMm1pBRNij7Q4mdq8Ab3l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> she was a great lover of painting from a young age. The foundation called her &#8220;one of the most famous figures of 2012&#8221; and noted that she had, &#8220;with the best intentions, decided to repaint&#8221; the fresco at the Sanctuary of Mercy Church because of its poor condition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/30\/a38373c8-c4c0-4247-bba7-1eed92d26252\/thumbnail\/620x410\/f4b53b43f0123de1fd2da6167fd9c0d2\/ap697585499837.jpg#\" alt=\"The deteriorated version of the \" ecce=\"\" homo\"=\"\" mural=\"\" by=\"\" 19th=\"\" century=\"\" painter=\"\" elias=\"\" garcia=\"\" martinez,=\"\" center,=\"\" is=\"\" seen=\"\" next=\"\" to=\"\" a=\"\" copy=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" original,=\"\" left,=\"\" in=\"\" borja,=\"\" spain,=\"\" march=\"\" 16,=\"\" 2016.=\"\" \"=\"\" height=\"410\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/30\/a38373c8-c4c0-4247-bba7-1eed92d26252\/thumbnail\/620x410\/f4b53b43f0123de1fd2da6167fd9c0d2\/ap697585499837.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/30\/a38373c8-c4c0-4247-bba7-1eed92d26252\/thumbnail\/1240x820\/451b9c7c8b22a70caca23bbf6e59f849\/ap697585499837.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The deteriorated version of the &#8220;Ecce Homo&#8221; mural by 19th century painter Elias Garcia Martinez, center, is seen next to a copy of the original, left, in   Borja, Spain, March 16, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo\/Javier Vinuela<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gim\u00e9nez&#8217;s attempt left Christ&#8217;s face cartoonish and unrecognizable, sparking a flood of online reactions, memes, and parodies featuring famous figures such as Michael Jackson and Homer Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>Her restoration added what appeared to be a mane to the figure of Christ, leading the small painting by local artist Elias Garcia Martinez, created in the 1910s, to be nicknamed the &#8220;Monkey Christ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Gim\u00e9nez acknowledged the damage, but she told a state-run broadcaster that the parish priest authorized the restoration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The priest knew! He did! How could we do something like that without permission? He knew,&#8221; Gim\u00e9nez said. &#8220;Everybody who came into the church could see me as I was painting. I didn&#8217;t do anything secretly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/30\/e0895c6b-a4a6-4581-8baa-54a16864c3af\/thumbnail\/620x396g4\/0f2cf1c67ac51b4f7ad517d1b3e05815\/ap722221097486.jpg#\" alt=\"Cecilia Gim\u00e9nez, left, who restored a version of the &quot;Ecce Homo&quot; mural by 19th century painter Elias Garcia Martinez, attends the inauguration of a new information center that documents the fresco's success in Borja, Spain, March 16, 2016. \" height=\"396\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/30\/e0895c6b-a4a6-4581-8baa-54a16864c3af\/thumbnail\/620x396g4\/0f2cf1c67ac51b4f7ad517d1b3e05815\/ap722221097486.jpg 1x, 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destination<\/a><\/span>, with about 57,000 visitors coming to see the previously little-known church the following year.<\/p>\n<p>When the controversy subsided, supporters helped Gim\u00e9nez put on an art exhibition featuring 28 of her own paintings, CBS News partner BBC News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cr5z5p633q5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \" wp_automatic_readability=\"0.12162162162162\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\" wp_automatic_readability=\"0.57647058823529\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section 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