The Mona Lisa was attacked by an environmentalist who was throwing cakes in a strange acrobatics that, fortunately, did not spoil her famous smile.
Videos posted on social media appear to show a young man with a wig and lipstick arriving at the Louvre in Paris on Sunday in a wheelchair, then jumping in and attacking Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th-century masterpiece.
The man, who was not immediately identified, first tried to “shatter the bulletproof glass,” a witness said, according to Agence France-Presse.
A cake-throwing activist tried to damage the famous Mona Lisa in Paris, but was frustrated by the glass box in the painting. Twitter / @ klevisl007 / via REUTERS
He then proceeded to “spread the cake on the glass and throw roses everywhere, all before being approached by security,” the witness tweeted under the name Lukeee.
Other images show the protester being fought outside the famous museum in front of the famous Mona Lisa smile.
“Think of the Earth,” shouted the attacker who was wearing wigs after the attack.
“Some people are destroying the Earth. Think about it. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did it, “he said, not explaining why he should turn Da Vinci’s masterpiece into a goal.
Visitors take photos and videos of the painting “La Mona Lisa” after the cake has been smeared on the protective glass.Twitter/@klevisl007/via REUTERS Other images show the protester being fought outside the famous museum in front of Mona’s famous smile Lisa.Twitter / @ klevisl007 / via REUTERS The man, who was not immediately identified, first tried to “crush the bulletproof glass,” a witness said. AP Photo / Thibault Camus, File
The staff quickly cleaned the cream, which was covered with bulletproof glass due to a series of other attacks.
The Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 by a museum employee, and later damaged in an acid attack by a vandal in the 1950s.
In 2009, a Russian woman who was angry at not being able to obtain French citizenship threw a ceramic cup at him, breaking the cup but without damaging the glass or the paint.
Louvre officials were not immediately available for comment.
With post cables