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Doubts are growing that a painting damaged by a 12-year-old Taiwanese boy is the work of Italian artist Paolo Porpora.  
The painting, titled Flowers, purportedly dates back to the 1600s and is one of 55 artworks on show in Taipei as part of the “The Face of Leonardo, Images of a Genius” exhibition.
Video footage showed the boy tripping over a platform in front of the artwork and then brace himself against the painting to break his fall on Sunday.
The exhibition organiser said the painting was a genuine Porpora with an estimated value of US$1.5 million.
But online users suggested that the damaged picture could be just a replica, after it emerged that an exhibition organiser posted pictures online last month showing the show’s Italian curator, Andrea Rossi, helping visually impaired students “experience art” by touching the paintings, Central News Agency reported on Wednesday.
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Sean Hu, a curator in Taiwan, was quoted as saying it was “impossible” the pieces were authentic.
“If the paintings were real, no one could touch them even if they had gloves on, let alone with their bare hands,” CNA quoted Hu as saying.
The exhibition’s organisers were unavailable for comment on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, two Italian news outlets said the damaged painting was the work of Mario Nuzzi,   not Porpora.
It was unclear if the two outlets – Italian daily La Repubblica and news site Il Post – had misreported information from news organisations in Taiwan or had their own reason for asserting the painting was by Nuzzi.


Real deal or artificial flowers? Doubts grow over hand behind Taiwan ‘punch’ painting 

Visually impaired students are reportedly shown "experiencing art" at the Taipei exhibition. Photo: SCMP Pictures 

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Real deal or artificial flowers? Doubts grow over hand behind Taiwan ‘punch’ painting

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