A man dressed as an older woman smears a cake on a portrait of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre

Shortly after the incident, museum security personnel rushed to evict the man from the room, although the crowd continued to record the situation.

Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa painting, which hangs at the Louvre in Paris, was recently attacked when a man dressed as a man has an older woman in a wheelchair; he throws a cake at the portrait. However, the protective glass enclosing the artwork does not affect the painting.

According to the Spanish newspaper Marca, witness testimony revealed that the culprit was a man in a wheelchair wearing a large wig. To everyone's surprise, he suddenly got up and tried to break the Mona Lisa's armored glass, then smeared the cake on the glass itself.

Shortly after the incident, museum security officers rushed the man out of the room, although the crowd continued to record the situation.

As the viral video shows, museum staff can be seen removing the attacker and cleaning the stained glass.

The Mona Lisa, a half-length portrait by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, is considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance. Described as "the most known, most visited, most written, most sung and most parodied work of art in the world," the painting is housed in the Louvre's largest room, the Salle des tats houses other famous Venetian paintings. Like Wedding Party also Kana in Veronese.

Several attempts have been made to steal or destroy the painting over the years. In 1911 it was stolen from the museum by a team member, and in 1956 Bolivian Hugo Ungaza Villegas threw a stone at the Mona Lisa while it was on display. This incident was followed by several more in the following years. Nevertheless, it attracts thousands of visitors every year because of the object's mysterious identity, mysterious expression, and unparalleled artistic technique of the artist.