A man wearing a wig in a wheelchair threw cake at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum in Paris. On Sunday he spoke in French and said, “Think of the Earth! There are people who are destroying the Earth! Think about it. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.” The 36-year-old man was sent to a psychiatric unit after being detained.
This painting however, did not get damaged. This painting was hit by cake on May 28th 2022. The last time something like this happened was in 2009, when a Russian woman who was angry about not being able to get French citizenship threw a ceramic cup at it the painting’s protective glass. The cup shattered but the protective glass and the painting remained unharmed. After the most recent attack, guards were filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. A Louvre statement confirmed the attack on the artwork involving a “patisserie.” The 16th-century Renaissance masterpiece has seen a lot in its over-500 years of existence. The painting was stolen in 1911 by a museum employee, an event which increased the painting’s international fame. It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s and has since been kept behind glass.
About Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
This painting was made between 1503 and 1519. When they originally hung this painting up, they did not put protective glass. Only since the 1950s attack on the painting has the museum started using protective glass to further secure the world-famous painting.
This painting however, did not get damaged. This painting was hit by cake on May 28th 2022. The last time something like this happened was in 2009, when a Russian woman who was angry about not being able to get French citizenship threw a ceramic cup at it the painting’s protective glass. The cup shattered but the protective glass and the painting remained unharmed. After the most recent attack, guards were filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. A Louvre statement confirmed the attack on the artwork involving a “patisserie.” The 16th-century Renaissance masterpiece has seen a lot in its over-500 years of existence. The painting was stolen in 1911 by a museum employee, an event which increased the painting’s international fame. It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s and has since been kept behind glass.
About Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
This painting was made between 1503 and 1519. When they originally hung this painting up, they did not put protective glass. Only since the 1950s attack on the painting has the museum started using protective glass to further secure the world-famous painting.
