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Coronavirus: Banksy's Girl With A Pierced Eardrum gets a COVID-19 face mask

The mural in Bristol is a parody of Johannes Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring, replacing the jewellery with a security alarm.

Banksy's Girl with a Pierced Eardrum mural in Hanover Place, Bristol has been given a face mask
Image: Banksy's Girl With A Pierced Eardrum mural in Bristol has been given a coronavirus face mask
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A Banksy mural in his home city of Bristol has been updated to reference the COVID-19 pandemic.

The graffiti artist's Girl With A Pierced Eardrum in Hanover Place now features a surgical face mask, similar to those NHS staff are wearing while treating patients with .

The addition of a face mask appears to be a nod to the coronavirus pandemic
Image: It is not yet know whether it is Banksy or someone else who has updated the mural
People have been taking pictures of the updated mural  in Bristol
Image: The updated artwork has created new interest

A parody of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring, Banksy's artwork appeared in the street near Albion Docks in 2014, and replaces the jewellery featured in the original painting with a security alarm.

It is not known if the anonymous artist himself added the face mask; so far, the image does not appear on his official Instagram page.

His last post gave a rare insight into his personal life after he created some home art during lockdown earlier this month.

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It featured rats in his bathroom and a caption that read: "My wife hates it when I work from home."

The five images depict nine rodents climbing on to shelves, swinging from towel hooks, hanging from a light pull, unravelling a toilet roll and marking out the number of days spent inside during the strict measures.

The piece was unveiled on Banksy's Instagram page
Image: Banksy unveiled this lockdown art earlier this month
A rat is seen running on a toilet roll

The artist, whose identity has been rumoured to be several different people throughout the years but never confirmed, first rose to fame for his graffiti work in the 1990s.

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His work is often political and contains messages portraying his thoughts on current events.