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Woman throws cup at the Mona Lisa | |
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The Mona Lisa has come under attack from a Russian woman who hurled a cup at the world-famous portrait. | The Mona Lisa has come under attack from a Russian woman who hurled a cup at the world-famous portrait. |
Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was completely unscathed, as the ceramic mug smashed on bullet-proof glass surrounding the painting. | Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was completely unscathed, as the ceramic mug smashed on bullet-proof glass surrounding the painting. |
The incident happened on 2 August and the woman was arrested, said a spokesman for the Louvre Museum in Paris, which houses the artwork. | The incident happened on 2 August and the woman was arrested, said a spokesman for the Louvre Museum in Paris, which houses the artwork. |
Paris police said the woman was taken to a psychiatric ward afterwards. | Paris police said the woman was taken to a psychiatric ward afterwards. |
"It looks like it was done by someone who was unhinged and wanted to draw attention to herself," a Louvre spokesman was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. | |
The Louvre, the biggest art museum in the world, has thousands of paintings, but its star attraction is the Mona Lisa, known in France as La Joconde. | The Louvre, the biggest art museum in the world, has thousands of paintings, but its star attraction is the Mona Lisa, known in France as La Joconde. |
The 500-year-old portrait was stolen in 1911, but returned to the Louvre after an Italian was arrested for its theft two years later. | |
It was doused with acid by a vandal in 1956 and later the same year a Bolivian damaged it again by throwing a stone at it. |
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