It was a gesture that caused a stir.

This Sunday, a man threw a cake at

La Joconde

at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

While no image of the act itself had been published, the scene, which was finally able to be captured by witnesses, was broadcast on social networks on Tuesday, reports The Independent. 

This is the moment when the Gioconda was encrusted.

The man was wearing a wig and arrived in a wheelchair#MonaLisa #Joconde #Gioconda #Gioconde #Louvre pic.twitter.com/DzPXKVLkux

— François Gyr (@GyrDaniel) May 31, 2022


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The famous painting being protected by a window, it is on this that the cream was finally deposited, thus causing no damage to the portrait of Mona Lisa.

On the video, we can see the man furtively attacking the work of Leonardo da Vinci before being subdued by the security forces of the museum.

A gesture for “the planet” according to its author

According to visitors who attended the scene, the man was in a wheelchair from which he had risen to first try to smash the window without succeeding.

He then threw the pie in the direction of the painting.

The perpetrator, who was disguised as a woman at the time, explained that he had acted for "the planet".

“There are people who are destroying the Earth.

All artists, think of the Earth.

That's why I did this.

Think about the planet,” he could be heard on another video released that day.

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Paris: A man threw cake on "La Joconde", a gesture for "the planet"

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