Mona Lisa

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.

Leonardo da Vinci's artwork, also known as La Gioconda, was vandalised on Sunday (local time) at the Louvre in Paris. A man "dressed as an old lady" jumped from ...

Those incidents prompted the Louvre to place bulletproof glass around the Mona Lisa. It's not the first time the Mona Lisa has been attacked. Think about the planet."

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.

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 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.

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.

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

It is being alleged that the man threw cake at the famous painting in an attempt to raise awareness about climate change.

This is not the first time that Mona Lisa has faced the wrath of museum-goers. — Lukeee🧃 (@lukeXC2002)May 29, 2022 — Lukeee🧃 (@lukeXC2002)May 29, 2022 All the artists tell you think about the Earth, all artists think about the Earth, that’s why I did this, Think about the Planet.” He then threw roses on the floor. The masterpiece created by Leonardo da Vinci is often the main attraction for those who visit the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair, a man threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted at ...

Officials at the Louvre were not 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.

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.”

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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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.

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.

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 artefacts.

Cream cakes aren't the only thing to have been thrown at the world's most famous painting.

Missing for almost three years, the picture was reprinted widely in newspapers of the day, leading to the painting finding international fame. Perhaps the most brazen, and successful, attack on the painting was in 1911, when thieves stole the picture. Attacks became so regular that in 1950s, bullet proof glass was installed to protect the painting. The Lourvre Museum was quick to establish the painting was left unscathed. Think of the planet". According to witnesses the whole thing was over in around ten seconds.

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 disguised as an elderly woman in a wheelchair has thrown cake at the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting at the Louvre in Paris.

the moment was once in a million." Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That's why I did this." Louvre visitor Luke Sundberg, from the US, saw it all unfold.

Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1517.

After a successful theft, he managed to keep it hidden in his apartment for two years, and was only caught when he tried to contact an Italian dealer, who alerted Giovanni Poggi, the then director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The painting was subsequently restored. Discovered in 2012, the much brighter version at the Museo del Prado in Madrid is believed to have been painted by one of da Vinci’s main assistants, Melzi or Salai, at the same time as the master. It was the work of Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia, who had been hired to design a glass case for the work. It has been a subject of numerous studies. In 1956, a vandal threw acid on the painting causing some damage to it while it was on display in Montauban, France. That same year in December, a South American tourist hurled a rock at it at the Louvre museum causing the glass to shatter, and the paint to chip a little.

A visitor to the Louvre museum in Paris has thrown a piece of cake at the world-famous painting...

"Think of the earth, there are people who are in the process of destroying the earth," the man shouted, according to the newspaper Le Parisien. The visitor had first pretended to be disabled in order to get a wheelchair and approach the work of art, the spokeswoman explained. A visitor to the Louvre museum in Paris has thrown a piece of cake at the world-famous painting the Mona Lisa, which is on display behind protective 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 wigged man smudged cake all over the Mona Lisa to persuade individuals to think about the earth at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

The Mona Lisa, an Italian Renaissance half-length portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci, is regarded as a quintessential masterpiece. A video showed art enthusiasts holding their phones and photographing the stained glass. In the video the cake is smeared across the glass behind which the Mona Lisa sits. According to reports, a man dressed as an elderly woman in a wheelchair leapt up and tossed cake at the famed painting, frightening spectators. The damage of Michelangelo's Pietà by Laszlo Toth is perhaps one of the most well-known examples. An "old woman" jumped out of her wheelchair at the Louvre Museum in Paris to smear cake on the Mona Lisa artwork.

It's a sweeter gesture than historic attacks on artworks employing a meat cleaver, a shotgun, and a pipe bomb.

Even gentler acts of vandalism can cause consternation to art conservators. In 1956, a vandal threw sulphuric acid at the painting. In 1987, Robert Cambridge fired a shotgun at da Vinci's charcoal drawing The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1500) at the National Gallery in London. Cambridge said he was motivated by his disgust with then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's policies. A man who faked a disability to get close to the Mona Lisa in a wheelchair stood up and smeared a pastry on its glass case on Sunday, according to the Louvre museum in Paris. The man, who a witness said had "dressed as an old lady," was taken into custody.— The New York Times (@nytimes) https://t.co/5PlMzixYk4 May 30, 2022 A woman in a wheelchair tried to spray paint the work while it was being shown in Tokyo in 1974, and in 2009 another woman threw a teacup at the glass. The glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (1503) was smeared with a 'patisserie' in a bizarre attack at the Louvre in Paris on Sunday.

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.

The cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the glass but Leonardo da Vinci's famous work 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. The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery to slack-jawed guests. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artifacts.

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.