An alleged ecological protestor in camouflage tossed a piece of cake at Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” The man who committed the vandalism, wore a wig and lipstick, and came to Paris‘ Louvre museum in a wheelchair. After tossing the cake at the 16th-century painting, he screamed to the gathered crowd to consider planet Earth.
The exact same unknown male was seen tossing roses in the gallery.
The da Vinci painting is constantly shown behind a pane of bulletproof glass, which was smeared with the white cake. Museum employees cleaned up the painting and the glass stayed unhurt.
Videos of the man have been distributed on social networks.
Maybe this is just nuts to me💀but an man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheel chair and attempted to smash the bullet proof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere all before being tackled by security. 😂??? pic.twitter.com/OFXdx9eWcM
— Lukeee🧃 (@lukeXC2002) May 29, 2022
While he was accompanied out of the gallery by museum security personnel, the man shouted an evident description to the visitors.
“Think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the Earth,” the man yelled, per ABC News. “Think about it. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.”
A globally acknowledged art masterpiece, the “Mona Lisa” has actually an approximated worth of $1 billion. It was developed by da Vinci in etween 1503 and 1519.
The painting has actually likewise been assaulted formerly in the name of a variety of causes.
The Renaissance work of art was put behind glass in the 1950s after the lower part of the piece was harmed by an acid attack.
In 1956, a Bolivian male tossed a stone at the case which broke and harmed the left elbow of the painting. The occurrence triggered the museum to set up bulletproof glass around the painting.
The case was painted on a minimum of two times in the following years.
While on display screen in the Tokyo National Museum in 1974, it was sprayed with red paint by a handicapped female who wished to accentuate the structure’s absence of gain access to ramps.
A Russian female who was denied French citizenship tossed a ceramic cup at the painting in 2009. The teacup apparently shattered, however, the painting and the case was unscathed and museum personnel did not close the gallery while they swept the flooring.
When it was stolen in 1911 by a museum staff member, the painting likewise got international attention.
The Louvre has not yet made a public comment about the vandalism. It is uncertain if the man has actually been charged with criminal charges.
H/T Timcast
