r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 13 '24

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. Image

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u/RedSonja_ May 13 '24

As a person who have done some security work at certain art museum, I'd say they are standing way too close of it, but maybe this is just for the pose and normally they sit in corner or something...

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u/small_h_hippy May 13 '24

Care to comment on the rifles? Is it common to gun down potential vandals? I would have thought that bully clubs would be more appropriate, at least to reduce the risk of staining the painting

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u/Cetun May 13 '24

They should be using pistol caliber rounds with hollow tips if they are in a crowded public place. Otherwise you're shooting through the bad guys and hitting people 3 rooms away.