A video taken by visitors to the famous gallery shows the aftermath of a stunt in which a young man reportedly got up from a wheelchair and smeared cake and cream on glass that protects a da Vinci painting before throwing roses.
When the guards are taken out, you hear a man shouting, “Think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the Earth. . . That’s why I did it. Think of the planet.
The painting is protected by a glass screen, so it is not damaged. Later videos show security guards at the Louvre cleaning cream from a security screen.
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The incident is believed to have taken place on Sunday afternoon.
At 1:30 p.m., a Twitter user wrote, “I just saw a man throw a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa.”
Maybe for me it’s just insanitybut a man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheelchair and tries to break Mona Lisa’s bulletproof glass. He then begins to smear the cake on the glass and throws roses everywhere before guarding it.
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– Luke
(@ lukeXC2002) May 29, 2022
A few hours later, he posted a video showing the consequences, adding: “It seems unreal to me, but a man dressed as an old woman got out of a wheelchair and tried to break the protective glass of the Mona Lisa. He then spread the cake on the glass and threw roses around himself before he was subdued by the guards. “
Can anyone translate what the old dude said when it was held?
– Luke
Several other Twitter users also posted videos with the aftermath of the incident.
About 9 million visitors annually visit the Louvre – the most visited museum in the world – and for many the Mona Lisa is a highlight of their visit.
She is in a separate wing of the gallery, protected by a glass screen, and has been the victim of several attempts at damage – in August 2009, a tourist threw a cup into a protective glass; in 1974, when the painting was in Tokyo, an attempt was made to damage the oil with a red spray; in 1957 a Bolivian threw a stone into the painting, slightly damaging it.
It has been exhibited at the Louvre since 1797 and is owned by the French state. He has been in France since 1519, when his artist Leonardo da Vinci died in Amboise, working for the French king.
