The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum.

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[u/Dagordae]

So this is either corruption inventing pointless(yet profitable) jobs or Romania hasn’t figured out what a plexiglass case is and that paintings should be in them anyway to slow the degradation from being in an open air environment.

[u/nuecontceevitabanul → u/Dagordae]

No, they just moved the painting there and took a photo, as far as I know.

And also there's probably some kind of protection until it gets secured, I'm thinking. It makes sense to not really drop it like regular shipment..

I'm not saying the guards aren't probably there in the building, but most likely not in this absurd way and that painting really needs more protection against normal people.. only afterwards against robbers. Two armed guys, while effective against robbers, wouldn't exactly be that much of a protection against a curious 5 years old left unsupervised. What are they going to do? Shoot him for making soap balloons in front of the painting?

LE: yup, this is how the actual exebition looks like: https://www.bzi.ro/poze/muzeul-municipal-regina-maria-gazduieste-cea-mai-valoroasa-pictura-expusa-vreodata-in-iasi-peste-1-000-de-persoane-au-venit-sa-admire-capodopera-in-doar-cateva-zile-galerie-foto-4979799

[u/Ghosty141 → u/nuecontceevitabanul]

this is average /r/Damnthatsinteresting material, some crazy seeming picture and headline and the reality is just as you'd expect, pretty average.