A monumental Mark Rothko painting was removed from view at a Dutch art museum after a child scratched the canvas. Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 was a highlight of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen ...

While visiting the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam, the child “scratched” the 1960 painting “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” by Mark Rothko, the museum stated.

A huge painting by Mark Rothko, thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars, has been removed from display in a Dutch museum after it was damaged by a visiting child.

While visiting the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam, the child scratched the 1960 painting “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” by Mark Rothko, a museum spokesperson tells TODAY.com.

“The painting Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 by Mark Rothko has sustained superficial damage after a child touched the painting when it was on display," the museum said in a statement to PEOPLE.

Rothko's abstract paintings, known for their "floating color fields," were produced from 1949 until 1970, when the artist died. Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 was acquired by Boijmans in 1970.

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The museum confirmed the incident in a statement emailed to CNN. It said: “The painting Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 by Mark Rothko has sustained superficial damage after a child touched the ...

It said: “The painting Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 by Mark Rothko has sustained superficial damage after a child touched the painting when it was on display.