Man in the guise of an old woman smearing cake over a portrait of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre

Prestigious Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, hung in the Louvre in Paris, has recently come under attack as a man as an old woman. wheelchair Throw a cake on the picture. Although, Picture The artwork was unaffected due to the protective glass covering it.

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According to Spanish newspaper brandWitness testimony revealed that the perpetrator was a man in a wheelchair who wore a large wig. To everyone’s surprise, he suddenly stood up and tried to break the bulletproof glass. Mona Lisaand then smeared Cake On the mirror itself.

Immediately after the incident, archiveEven after taking photographs of the crowd situation, the security personnel rushed to get the man out of the room.

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As the viral video shows, museum staff were seen removing the attacker and cleaning the stained glass.

Mona Lisaa half-length portrait painting Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, is considered a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance. Described as “the most famous, most viewed, most written, most sung, most parodied work of art in the world”, it has been ranked at which place? of the Louvre The largest room, the Salle des Etats, is also home to other notable Venetian paintings such as wedding ceremony in canaan by Veronese.

Over the years, there have been several attempts to steal or destroy the painting. In 1911, it was stolen from the museum by an employee, and in 1956, Bolivian Ugo Ungaza Villegas threw a rock at it. Mona Lisa while it was on display. These events were followed by many others in the years to come. It attracts millions of visitors every year because of the mystical identity of the subject, its esoteric expression and incomparable art techniques. painter,

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