Tourist tears hole in 18th century painting while posing for selfie in Italy

A careless tourist damaged a valuable painting while trying to take a selfie at a famous Italian gallery. The unnamed culprit had been enjoying a visit to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence when his day out took a turn for the worse. The man decided to try and capture a picture of himself mimicking the pose of Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, in an 18th-century portrait by Anton Domenico Gabbiani. But, the visitor's bright idea soon became an embarrassing blunder when he lost his balance while trying to strike the same pose as de' Medici. The man stumbled backward, falling against the portrait and leaving a hole at the level of the prince's right boot.