Mona Lisa targeted in Louvre cake-throwing attack
A person seemingly disguised as an previous lady in a wheelchair threw a bit of cake on the glass defending the Mona Lisa on the Louvre Museum, and shouted at folks to think about planet Earth.
The Paris prosecutor’s workplace mentioned Monday that the person, 36, was detained following Sunday’s incident and despatched to a police psychiatric unit, and that it had opened an investigation into the harm of cultural artifacts.
Movies posted on social media present a younger man in a wig and lipstick who had arrived in a wheelchair. The person, whose full id or affiliations are unknown, was additionally seen throwing roses within the museum gallery to slack-jawed company.
The cake assault left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the glass however the well-known work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t broken.
A person disguised as an previous lady in a wheelchair pitched a bit of cake on the Mona Lisa on the Louvre Museum in Paris, in what gave the impression to be a protest about defending the planet.
Safety guards have been filmed escorting the wig-wearing activist away as he referred to as out to the shocked guests within the gallery: “Consider the Earth. There are people who find themselves destroying the Earth. Give it some thought. Artists let you know: consider the Earth. That is why I did this.”
Guards have been then filmed cleansing the smeared cream from the glass. A Louvre assertion confirmed the assault on the art work involving a patisserie.
Masterpiece has been stolen, broken
The Sixteenth-century Renaissance masterpiece has been focused earlier than.
The portray was stolen in 1911 by a museum worker, an occasion which elevated the portray’s worldwide fame.
It was additionally broken in an acid assault perpetrated by a vandal within the Fifties, and has since been stored behind glass.
In 2009, a Russian lady who was indignant at not having the ability to get French citizenship threw a ceramic cup at it, smashing the cup however not harming the glass or the portray.
