Mona Lisa gets caked by man disguised as old woman in wheelchair (protective glass)

[Demovictory9]

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Images of the Mona Lisa painting stained with cake cream after a person stamped a cake on it went viral on Sunday, despite the fact that the cake actually collided with the glass that protects Leonardo da Vinci's work in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

According to witness testimony, the perpetrator was a man in a wheelchair who wore a wig. To the surprise of the other guests, he would have suddenly stood up and approached La Gioconda, throwing the cake at her.

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/world-news/2022/05/29/6293b4df22601dc3408b45b6.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I think I know who he was aiming at /nt

[Turbineguy]

2. Repubs

would have made sure he had an real man's weapon.

[ChazII]

3. Let him eat cake. n/t

[Midnight Writer]

4. "Look at me! I'm famous!"

[BlackSkimmer]

5. I've been to the Louvre. Those guards there don't mess around.

I'm surprised he managed to do as much as he did.

I hope he was arrested.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Been There Twice, Myself

I don't recall being to get that close. Not many feet, but certainly way more than arms length.
It says be smashed the cake
I'm interpreting that not throwing it. Maybe I'm reading too much into it.
I just don't remember being able to get within touching distance.

[BlackSkimmer]

8. Yes, I remember a rope cordon around it. Plus the guards hissed anytime anyone went near artwork.

[XanaDUer2]

9. I remember ropes, too

We could barely get near it

This is disgusting and I'm so glad it's covered

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Maybe They Accommodate Those In Wheelchairs

And, this guy used that to his advantage.
Either way, the painting wasn't damaged because of the glass.

[BlackSkimmer]

11. Yes, good thing.

I read they covered it in glass back in the 60s. I had no idea it was that long ago.

I do remember being disappointed I couldn't get closer to it, and of course there was a huge crowd around it.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Same Here

Both times there were 40 or 50 people right there.
Couldn't get all that close, ropes or not.
I recall being able to get closer to Winged Victory than the Mona Lisa.

[bigtree]

7. I was close enough to touch the painting in 1972

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