Mona Lisa

Paris, May 30 (EFE).- Punters at the Paris Louvre museum were left stunned when a man disguised as a woman in a wheelchair smeared cake over the glass ...

It is not the first time the Mona Lisa has been attacked. Several videos posted by visitors on social media appear to show a man in a wheelchair, wearing a wig and a cap being escorted out of the gallery by security personnel while the alleged vandal shouted: “Think of the earth, artists think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the planet. Think of the Earth.”

A Liverpool fan who was at the Louvre following his side's Champions League final defeat asked: 'What were the odds this would happen?'

the moment was once in a million.” Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.” A man disguised as an elderly woman in a wheelchair has thrown cake at the Mona Lisa, in a moment described as “jaw-dropping” by witnesses.

The Mona Lisa was attacked but unharmed when a visitor to the Louvre in Paris tried to smash the glass protecting the world's most famous painting before ...

“Think of the Earth, people are destroying the Earth,” the man said in French in another video that showed him being led away by security from the Paris gallery. “[He] then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere before being tackled by security.” The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery.

A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at ...

It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s, and has since been kept behind glass. Guards were then filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artifacts.

The painting was unharmed as a man dressed as a woman in a wheelchair smeared the glass protecting Mona Lisa with cake.

It also recalls that monitoring national collections is at the heart of their missions," Marion Benaiteau, communications officer for the Louvre, told Axios in a translated email. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.” Leonardo da Vinci's famed painting was left unharmed, the Louvre said.

A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

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The Mona Lisa was smeared with cake by a man who was protesting climate change. The painting was not damaged.

In 2009, a Russian woman threw a teacup at the painting. There have been attempts periodically to vandalize the Leonardo painting, sometimes in protest of various issues. Think of the planet.”

The Mona Lisa was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris smeared frosting all over the ...

An investigation has been opened by the prosecutor for "the attempt of damaging a cultural property." In 2009, a woman angrily threw a ceramic cup at the painting, breaking the cup but leaving the painting unharmed. The Louvre applied its usual procedures for people with reduced mobility, allowing them to admire this major work of art," the statement noted.

He has been referred to a police psychiatric unit following the apparent climate-related incident at the Louvre in Paris, Vincent Plumas, press manager for the ...

In 1956, in two separate incidents, it was hit by acid and a rock, after which the painting was encased in glass to prevent further damage. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this,” according to the Associated Press. The painting remained unharmed, Louvre spokesperson Nadia Refsi said in an emailed statement confirming the incident.

Video posted on social media shows security guards at the Louvre Museum escorting the man away Sunday as he spoke in French about the planet. "Think of the ...

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A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at ...

It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s, and has since been kept behind glass. Guards were then filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artifacts.

Paris, May 30 (EFE).- Punters at the Paris Louvre museum were left stunned when a man disguised as a woman in a wheelchair smeared cake over the glass ...

It is not the first time the Mona Lisa has been attacked. Several videos posted by visitors on social media appear to show a man in a wheelchair, wearing a wig and a cap being escorted out of the gallery by security personnel while the alleged vandal shouted: “Think of the earth, artists think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the planet. Think of the Earth.”

The “Mona Lisa,” a 16th-century portrait by Leonardo da Vinci–and arguably the most famous painting on Earth–was the target of a pastry attack Sunday in a ...

In 1956, a man threw a rock at the painting and damaged the subject’s left elbow, prompting museum officials to install a cover of bulletproof glass. Once part of King Francis I of France’s art collection, it was among the first paintings to be put on display at the Louvre–the largest and most-visited museum in the world–after the former palace became a national museum after the French Revolution. The “Mona Lisa,” has the highest-known insurance valuation for a painting, according to Guinness World Records. The painting was insured for $100 million in 1962–or $172 million today–in preparation for the painting to be loaned out to the U.S. for a special exhibition. Newspapers worldwide reported on the theft, and when the painting was recovered in Florence two years later, it was returned to the Louvre where it became one of the most popular paintings.

PARIS (AP) — A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa on Sunday at the Louvre ...

Officials at the Louvre weren't immediately available for comment. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.” The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery on Sunday.

The cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the glass but the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn't damaged. Security guards were filmed ...

Officials at the Louvre weren’t immediately available for comment. The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery on Sunday. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.”

Attack left white smear on the glass but the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn't damaged.

It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s, and has since been kept behind glass. Guards were then filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artifacts.

Attack left white smear on the glass but the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn't damaged.

It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s, and has since been kept behind glass. Guards were then filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artifacts.

A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa and shouted at people to think of planet Earth.

The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery to slack-jawed guests. It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s, and has since been kept behind glass. Guards were then filmed cleaning the cake from the glass.

Visitors posted that a man disguised himself as an elderly lady in a wheelchair, then stood up and smeared cream cake over the painting, which is protected ...

The Louvre issued a statement Monday saying the painting had not suffered any damage. Then he stood up and smeared the cream cake over the glass case that protects the Renaissance painting. Think about the planet."

A climate activist dressed up as a woman in a wig on a mobility scooter and smeared cake on the Mona Lisa painting.

It also recalls that monitoring national collections is at the heart of their missions,” a spokesperson for the museum said. This got the unidentified man closer than most, and as he neared Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting he jumped out and attempted to smash the glass. “The museum salutes the professionalism of its agents who reacted immediately during this incident.

A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the famous Mona Lisa with cake, in a purported ...

In 2005, it was placed in a reinforced case that also controls temperature and humidity. Think of the planet." A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the famous Mona Lisa with cake, in a purported protest against artists not focusing enough on "the planet."