{"id":1496591,"date":"2022-05-29T22:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T02:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496591"},"modified":"2022-05-29T22:59:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T02:59:44","slug":"man-dressed-as-woman-throws-cake-at-the-mona-lisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-dressed-as-woman-throws-cake-at-the-mona-lisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Dressed As Woman Throws Cake At The Mona Lisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-dressed-as-woman-throws-cake-at-the-mona-lisa%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496591&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A man dressed as an old woman reportedly smeared cake on the glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, a man donned a wig and posed as an elderly woman in a wheelchair before entering the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/terror-louvre-machete-wielding-man-shouts-allahu-james-barrett\/\">Louvre<\/a> art museum in Paris, France. Once he neared the priceless work of art, he reportedly threw cake at the painting and attempted to smash the bulletproof glass that protects it from just such an attack.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The protective glass of the Mona Lisa painting at The Louvre was caked today by a man dressed up as an elderly woman in a wheelchair. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g8uaQZ1wPp\">pic.twitter.com\/g8uaQZ1wPp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1530990759716892672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video of the incident was posted on Twitter, long with the comment, \u201cMaybe this is just nuts to me but an [sic] man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheel chair and attempted to smash the bullet proof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere before being tackled by security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe this is just nuts to me\ud83d\udc80but an man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheel chair and attempted to smash the bullet proof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere all before being tackled by security. \ud83d\ude02??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OFXdx9eWcM\">pic.twitter.com\/OFXdx9eWcM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lukeee\ud83e\uddc3 (@lukeXC2002) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukeXC2002\/status\/1530939993803440129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another video added the comment, \u201cHere is the moment when they take away the person who threw a cake at Mona Lisa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Aqu\u00ed el momento en que se llevan a quien le avent\u00f3 un pastel a la Monalisa.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HBayMOdcKV\">pic.twitter.com\/HBayMOdcKV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alejandro Alem\u00e1n (@elsalonrojo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elsalonrojo\/status\/1530964995873316864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The alleged perpetrator reportedly smeared cake on the glass in an effort to raise awareness about the destruction of planet earth, witnesses claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA guy has thrown a cake at the Mona Lisa to raise awareness about the destruction of the planet,\u201d one person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosPastr\/status\/1530972268850995202\">explained<\/a> in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The painting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/11\/18\/world\/europe\/mona-lisa-the-theft\/index.html\">was stolen<\/a> in 1911 by an Italian handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia. He was not caught until two years later \u2014 and some experts believe that the theft was what truly put the famously enigmatic smile on the map.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a different one of Leonardo\u2019s works had been stolen, then that would have been the most famous work in the world \u2013 not the Mona Lisa,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/noahcharney.smugmug.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Charney<\/a>, art history professor and author.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_909D00D0-9A11-8F42-C1C5-5725C6E2BD3F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cThere was nothing that really distinguished it per se, other than it was a very good work by a very famous artist \u2013 that\u2019s until it was stolen. The theft is what really skyrocketed its appeal and made it a household name,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The painting has been the target of attempted vandalism in the past as well, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/lifestyle\/world-news\/2022\/05\/29\/6293b4df22601dc3408b45b6.html\">report<\/a> from Marca.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man threw sulfuric acid at it in the 1950s, which had an effect on the painting, and a Bolivian student hit it with a stone. A woman in a wheelchair sprayed red paint on her wheelchair while she was at an exhibition in Tokyo in 1974, expressing her dissatisfaction with the lack of access ramps,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in 2009, a Russian tourist threw tea at the painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man dressed as an old woman reportedly smeared cake on the glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre on Sunday. According to reports, a man donned a wig and posed as an elderly woman in a wheelchair before entering the Louvre art museum in Paris, France. 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