René Magritte’s The Castle of the Pyrenees (1959) has gone to the conservation lab at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after being accidentally damaged by a young museum visitor. A boy visiting the museum with his family punctured the painting with a pinecone before a museum guard could stop him, museum staff told The Times of Israel. Sharon Tager, head of conservation at the museum, told Ha’aretz that repairs would take several weeks. “We’re experienced in conserving paintings and objects that arrive in poor condition, including works that have been stored since the Holocaust period,” Tager told Ha’aretz. “The first stage is treating the base itself because the hole caused the canvas to sag. We first restore the canvas to its original level, then stitch it and treat the layers of oil paint.” Related Articles The museum didn’t place the work under glass or place an alarm on it, in order to give a better viewing experience for the public.  “We do place some works behind glass, including certain Impressionist paintings, using extremely high-quality glass …