The 36-year-old man, who was seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair, was detained after his attack on the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece in Paris.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday that the 36-year-old man was detained following Sunday’s incident and sent to a police psychiatric unit. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artefacts.
Visitors to Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris. A climate protester smeared the glass-covered painting with cake.Videos posted on social media showed a young man in a wig and lipstick who had arrived in a wheelchair. The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery to slack-jawed guests.
The cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the glass. But the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci was not damaged. Security guards were filmed escorting the wig-wearing man away as he called out to the surprised visitors in the gallery: “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.”Guards were then filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. A Louvre statement confirmed the attack on the artwork involving a “patisserie”.
In 2009, a Russian woman who was angry at not being able to get French citizenship threw a ceramic cup at it, smashing the cup but not harming the glass or the painting.
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