PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) – The Mona Lisa was shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to break the glass that protected the world’s most famous painting before smearing it with cream. in an apparent weather-related advertising ploy.
The assailant was a man disguised as an old woman who jumped out of a wheelchair before attacking the glass.
“Maybe this is crazy for me …”, posted the author of a video of the aftermath of the incident showing a Louvre employee cleaning the glass. “He then proceeds to spread the cake on the glass and toss roses everywhere before being approached by security.”
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The Louvre was not immediately available for comment.
A man tries to clean the cake smeared on the protective glass of the painting “Mona Lisa” at the Lourve Museum in Paris, France, on May 29, 2022 in this screenshot obtained from the video on social media. Twitter / @ klevisl007 / via REUTERS
Another video posted on social media showed that the same employee had just cleaned the panel while another attendee pulled out a wheelchair in front of Da Vinci’s masterpiece.
“Think of the earth, people are destroying the earth,” the man, dressed in a wig, said in French in another video post showing him being wheeled away from the Paris gallery. indicating that the incident probably had an environmentalist. reason.
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Report by Tassilo Hummel; edited by John Stonestreet
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