Two Climate Protesters Pardoned after Gluing Their Hands to Raphael’s ‘Sistine Madonna’ Altar Painting

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Two Climate Protesters Pardoned after Gluing Their Hands to Raphael’s ‘Sistine Madonna’ Altar Painting

Two climate activists recently received pardons after convictions and payments for property damage after gluing their hands to the frame of Raphael’s Sistine Madonna in 2022. The protest took place at the 16th-century altar painting in the Dresden Old Masters Picture Gallery August 23, 2022. The two protesters, members of the German environmental group Letzte Generation (Last Generation), entered the gallery and attached one hand each to the f…

Two young people have to pay only half as much fine after their adhesive attack on the Sistine Madonna in 2022. This was announced by the Regional Court in Dresden after an appeal hearing.

In August 2022, two young people glued their hands to the frame of one of Dresden's most famous paintings. They were convicted and paid damages, which now helps them appeal.

"We share your fears," says the judge at the Dresdner Landgericht to the defendants, "but we cannot come to an acquittal."In the appeal of the criminal proceedings against the two Leipzig-based Maike Grunst and Jakob Beyer therefore gave two penalties on Wednesday.

In August 2022, two young people stick their hand to the frame of one of the most famous paintings in Dresden. They are sentenced, pay damages - that helps them to appeal.