A teenager was arrested after splashing water on two centuries-old paintings and tearing a tapestry off the wall in a bizarre incident at the Metropolitan Museum of Art , police sources said Tuesday.
Joshua Vavrin, 19 was charged with criminal mischief after witnesses pointed him out to cops Monday for attacking multiple artworks around 4:40 p.m. inside the museum at Fifth Ave. and E. 82nd St. on the Upper East Side, cops said.
The affected paintings included the “ Princesse de Brogile ” by French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, an oil painting nearly 200 years old, and the “ Madonna and Child with Saints ” by Italian artist Girolamo dai Libri, an oil-and-tempera painting more than 500 years old, sources said.
Vavrin was believed to be under the influence during the odd ep

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