Mona Lisa

According to a visitor, who is telling his story on Twitter, the unknown first tried to damage the display case. When that didn't work, he threw the cake ...

In 1974, when the work was on display at the Tokyo National Museum, a woman used red spray, but it did not damage the painting. It is not yet clear what the man’s motive was and how he smuggled the cake to the museum. When that didn’t work, he threw the cake onto the canvas and spread it on the glass plate.

Mona Lisa -- the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci was attacked by an alleged climate activist in Paris' Louvre Museum. The videos and photos of the ...

According to Britannica, Mona Lisa was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, at a time when Leonardo was living in Florence. The painting is a portrait of a woman in half-body with a backdrop of a distant landscape. While the painting did not seem to have endured any reported damage, the viral photos and videos show the lower glass panel being smeared with cake. The intentions of the man, who is alleged to be a climate activist are still unknown.

The Mona Lisa was created sometime between 1503 and 1519 by da Vinci. The painting at the Louvre Museum is intact as it has been protected with safety glass.

In 1956, a student fromBoliviahurled a stone at the painting. In 2009, reportedly a Russian woman was denied French citizenship for allegedly hurling a teacup at the painting. According to a report onMarca.com, an eye-witness at the spot said that the miscreant was a man who disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair. Even as the man was being taken out, visitors kept clicking pictures of the cake-smearedLa Gioconda(another name for the Mona Lisa). Incidentally, this is not the first time when someone tried to destroy, deface or steal the historic artwork. Even as the man was being taken out, visitors kept clicking pictures of the cake-smeared

Footage captured at the Louvre in Paris shows a man apparently wearing lipstick and a wig asking people to "think of the planet" as he attacks the world's ...

there are people who are destroying the planet, think about that … That's why I did it." Bystanders said a man "dressed as an old lady" jumped out of a wheelchair at the Louvre in Paris before attempting to smash the protective glass in front of the Leonardo da Vinci painting. Footage captured at the Louvre in Paris shows a man apparently wearing lipstick and a wig asking people to "think of the planet" as he attacks the world's most famous portrait.

A deranged young male visitor disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at Leonardo Da Vicini's Mona Lisa painting at Paris' Louvre ...

In 1974, a woman threw a type of red spray when it was on display at the National Museum in Tokyo, and in August 2009, a tourist threw a cup of tea at it. In one of the videos shared on Twitter, a black wheelchair can be seen abandoned in front of the oil painting, before a museum worker removed it. The identity of the perpetrator has not been disclosed.

PARIS (Reuters) - The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world's mo...

“(He) then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere before being tackled by security.” Another video posted on social media showed the same staffer finishing cleaning the pane while another attendant removes a wheelchair from in front of the Da Vinci masterpiece. “Maybe this is just nuts to me…,” posted the author of a video of the incident’s aftermath that shows a Louvre staffer cleaning the glass.

The cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the glass but the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci was unharmed. Security guards were filmed escorting ...

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

Soon after the incident, the museum's security staff rushed to eject the man from the room even as the crowd continued to photograph the situation.

In 1911, it was stolen from the museum by an employee, and in 1956, Bolivian Ugo Ungaza Villegas threw a rock at the Mona Lisa while it was on display. According to Spanish newspaper Marca, witness testimony revealed that the perpetrator was a man in a wheelchair who wore a big wig. However, the painting was unaffected due to the protective glass encasing the artwork.

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.

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 was smeared with cake at the weekend by a man in a woman's wig who jumped out of a wheelchair and said artists should focus more on the ...

In 2005, it was placed in a reinforced case that also controls temperature and humidity. Think of the planet." "A man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheelchair and attempted to smash the bulletproof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass and throws roses everywhere, all before being tackled by security," Lukeee wrote.

The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world's most famous painting ...

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Painting unharmed as video shows clean-up after attack by man disguised as elderly woman in Louvre.

“Think of the Earth, people are destroying the Earth,” the man, dressed in a wig, said in French in another video that showed him being led away from the Paris gallery with the wheelchair, indicating the incident probably had an environmentalist motive. “[He] then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere before being tackled by security.” Another video posted on social media showed the same member of staff finishing cleaning the pane while another attendant removes a wheelchair from in front of the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece.

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.

Un joven aparentemente con sus facultades mentales alterada, disfrazado de anciana en silla de ruedas, arrojó un trozo de pastel al cuadro Mona Lisa de ...

En uno de los vídeos compartidos en Twitter se puede ver una silla de ruedas negra abandonada frente al óleo, antes de que un trabajador del museo la retirara. La Mona Lisa ha sufrido otros ataques a lo largo de los años. Dos de ellos fueron en 1956, uno con ácido y otro con una piedra. Pero las imágenes de vídeo de los turistas que visitaban la exposición se hicieron virales.

Un visitante del Louvre intentó romper el cristal que protege la Mona Lisa, el cuadro más famoso del mundo, antes de embadurnar su superficie con una tarta.

"El hombre luego procedió a untar pastel en el vidrio y lanzar rosas por todas partes antes de ser abordado por la seguridad". "Piensa en la tierra, la gente está destruyendo la tierra", dijo en francés el hombre, vestido con una peluca, en otra publicación de video en la que se le veía salir de la galería de París con la silla de ruedas, lo que indica que el incidente probablemente tenía un motivo ambientalista. El autor fue un hombre disfrazado de anciana que saltó de una silla de ruedas antes de atacar el cristal.

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.

Un hombre aparentemente disfrazado de anciana en silla de ruedas arrojó un pedazo de pastel al vidrio que protege a la Mona Lisa de Leonardo da Vinci el...

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PARÍS (AP) — Un hombre aparentemente disfrazado de anciana en una silla de ruedas arrojó el domingo un trozo de tarta contra el cristal que protege la Mona ...

En 2009, una mujer rusa molesta por no haber conseguido la ciudadanía francesa arrojó una taza de cerámica contra el cuadro. Los artistas les dicen: piensen en la Tierra. Por eso hice esto”, gritaba el activista con peluca a los sorprendidos visitantes en la galería, mientras salía flanqueado por guardias de seguridad. En un primer momento no había representantes del Louvre disponibles para hacer comentarios.

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.

Un hombre aparentemente disfrazado de anciana en una silla de ruedas arrojó el domingo un trozo de tarta contra el cristal que protege la Mona Lisa en el ...

En 2009, una mujer rusa molesta por no haber conseguido la ciudadanía francesa arrojó una taza de cerámica contra el cuadro. Los artistas les dicen: piensen en la Tierra. Por eso hice esto”, gritaba el activista con peluca a los sorprendidos visitantes en la galería, mientras salía flanqueado por guardias de seguridad. En un primer momento no había representantes del Louvre disponibles para hacer comentarios.

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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París — Un hombre aparentemente disfrazado de anciana en una silla de ruedas arrojó el domingo un trozo de tarta contra el cristal que protege la Mona Lisa ...

En 2009, una mujer rusa molesta por no haber conseguido la ciudadanía francesa arrojó una taza de cerámica contra el cuadro. Los artistas les dicen: piensen en la Tierra. Por eso hice esto”, gritaba el activista con peluca a los sorprendidos visitantes en la galería, mientras salía flanqueado por guardias de seguridad. También se vio al hombre, cuya identidad era desconocida, lanzando rosas en la galería del museo.

Un visitante atacó el cuadro de Mona Lisa, la obra maestra del pintor italiano Leonardo da Vinci, que se exhibe en el Museo del Louvre en París, Francia.

En 1956, un estudiante boliviano arrojó una piedra al cuadro, rompiendo el vidrio protector y dañando la pieza. Mientras la obra se exhibía en el Museo Nacional de Tokio en 1974, una mujer en silla de ruedas había pintado con aerosol el vidrio que protegía la pintura de color rojo, en protesta por la falta de instalación de rampas para discapacitados por parte del museo. Se afirmó que la persona que arrojó el pastel de crema que traía consigo a la Mona Lisa y roció pétalos de rosa en el piso fue intervenida por el personal del salón, mientras que la pintura no resultó dañada gracias a la capa protectora de vidrio.

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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Un visitante del Louvre intentó romper el vidrio que protegía la pintura más famosa del mundo antes de untar su superficie con una tarta, en un aparente ...

Y en 2009, un hombre lanzó una taza contra el cuadro. Justamente, el vidrio que lo recubre fue instalado luego de que en 1957 sufriera un ligero daño cuando un ciudadano boliviano le lanzó una roca. En 1974, fue prestado a Japón y una mujer intentó destrozarlo con spray rojo.

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.”

Este domingo un visitante del Louvre le lanzó un pastel a la Mona Lisa de Da Vinci. La obra, protegida por un cristal, no sufrió daños.

Que la realidad siempre supera a la ficción, ya lo sabíamos. Pero un pastelazo a la pobre Gioconda es lo último que pensábamos que podía suceder. Afortunadamente, la rápida intervención de las autoridades policiales del museo Louvre consiguió que su performance no llegara a mayores y que el autor del sabotaje fuera detenido inmediatamente. Este domingo, un visitante del Louvre arrojó una tarta sobre la Mona Lisa de Leonardo da Vinci, una de las principales obras del aclamado museo parisino.

La pintura está protegida por un vidrio desde los años 50, luego de sufrir un ataque con ácido.

El activista, quien también arrojó rosas en la galería, fue escoltado fuera del recinto por los guardias de seguridad. El autor del incidente estaba vestido con una peluca y llevaba lapiz labial. "Fue impactante, fue bastante para asimilar teniendo en cuenta lo histórica que es la Mona Lisa... el momento fue uno en un millón". Luke Sundberg, de Estados Unidos, estaba de visita en el Louvre cuando todo ocurrió. "La gente empezó a reaccionar y cuando miramos, un hombre en una silla de ruedas disfrazado de anciana corrió hacia la pintura y empezó a darle puños y luego le restregó pastel por encima", le dijo el joven de 20 años a la agencia PA. Un hombre disfrazado de anciana en silla de ruedas le lanzó un pastel a la Mona Lisa, la famosa pintura de Leonardo da Vinci en el museo del Louvre, en París. Mona Lisa: un hombre disfrazado de anciana le lanza un pastel a la obra maestra de Da Vinci en el Louvre

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.

Las autoridades galas transfirieron al hombre de 36 años a una unidad psiquiátrica de la policía y abrieron una investigación sobre los daños.

En 2009, una mujer rusa molesta por no haber conseguido la ciudadanía francesa arrojó una taza de cerámica contra el cuadro. También sufrió daños en un ataque con ácido cometido por un vándalo en la década de 1950, y desde entonces se mantiene tras un cristal. También se filmó a los guardias limpiando el cristal.

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."

El retrato más famoso del mundo, la Mona Lisa, fue blanco el domingo de un ataque con una crema de pastel, que solo logró embadurnar el grueso cristal que ...

Mientras lo escoltaban fuera para sacarlo del museo dijo a los asistentes: "Piensen en la Tierra". "Piense en la tierra, la gente está destruyendo la tierra", reiteró el hombre. Otro video publicado en las redes sociales mostraba a un miembro del personal terminando de limpiar el panel mientras otro asistente retiraba una silla de ruedas frente a la obra maestra de Da Vinci.

Disruption can change policies. Last week, a climate activist threw a pastry at the Mona Lisa. It is not clear who was targeted, why would the target care, ...

Their careful selection of protest tactics and clearly articulated demands could change the calculus of the disrupted actors (JP Morgan Chase and the banking industry in general) and motivate them to adopt new climate policies. The target of the latest scientists’ protest—JP Morgan Chase—is clear. For example, by naming and shaming JP Morgan Chase, protesters have imposed reputational costs on the bank and this might motivate it to stop funding fossil fuel projects. We speculate it was something along the following lines: a dramatic act will draw public attention to climate issues and create demand for climate action. Who is the target and why should they respond to my protests? Many are frustrated by the lack of progress and want to put pressure on policymakers to act decisively.

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."

The painting has been hit with a rock and a tea cup, and this week, it was caked.

“The truth is that the Louvre needs to consider moving the Mona Lisa to its own gallery, at a safe distance from other works,” Jonathan Jones wrote in the Guardian. Ultimately, the Louvre did just that, partially in an effort to stem lines of people that had been spilling over, and in 2019, the glass on the Mona Lisa was upgraded. The Mona Lisa has rarely ever left the Louvre, which may explain why 1.15 million people reportedly saw the painting when it traveled to the National Museum in Tokyo. One of those people was Tomoko Yonezu, a 25-year-old Japanese woman who tried to spray paint the canvas in red on its first day on view. Ultimately, in 1975, Yonezu was convicted of a misdemeanor and made to pay a fine of 3,000 yen, although her act bore fruit, as the National Museum set aside a day when the disabled could exclusively visit the Mona Lisa. Part of the reason the Mona Lisa is known worldwide is because of its theft in 1911 by the Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia. That year, Peruggia and two others stowed themselves away in a closet of the Louvre, hung around until the museum closed, and then took the painting, which at the time was considered a minor work by Leonardo, with them, hopping on a train out of Paris. As the theft gained more and more press, both within France and outside it, Peruggia held on to the work, at one point stashing it beneath the floorboards of his Paris apartment. In 1956 alone, two vandals tried to use a razor blade and a rock to defile it on separate occasions. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa may be one of the most beloved artworks in the world.

If you've ever been to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, you likely encountered controlled chaos within. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is buried in a ...

On a humid August morning in Paris in 1911, three Italian handymen quickly left the Louvre with the Mona Lisa in tow. That didn’t stop people from targeting—and even assaulting—the artwork. Though its physical size is dwarfed by its massive reputation, the painting is flooded with millions of visitors—and cameras—each year. In a statement, the Louvre said the museum followed its typical procedures when it comes to people with reduced mobility, “allowing them to admire this major work of the Louvre,” added the Times. The Paris prosecutor’s office told the Times they’ve opened an investigation into the incident. After the incident, the protester was detained and sent to a police psychiatric unit. That didn’t keep a would-be vandal from attempting to damage the 16th-century painting in an apparent protest this week, the Associated Press (AP) reports.