Two climate activists This Sunday, cans of soup were thrown at La Gioconda. (16th century), a masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, exhibited in the Louvre, the original painting of which is protected by a sheet of glass installed in 2005.

Two women who were filmed during the protest, which lasted almost two minutes, said that Members of the Riposte Alimentaire group threw orange soup and they quickly passed under the wooden barriers surrounding the picture.

“What’s the most important thing? Art or the right to healthy and long-lasting nutrition? Our agricultural system is sick,” one activist shouted in French, raising her fist.

Operationally, employees of the Louvre, the most visited museum on the planet, They installed some black panels to prevent the audience from filming the scene.

The room containing Da Vinci’s masterpiece (Salle des Etats) was evacuated to begin cleaning.

La Gioconda, considered the most famous painting in the world and also known as the Mona Lisa, recently became the target of another symbolic attack when in May 2022, a cake was thrown at him.

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This Sunday’s promotion coincides with the revolt of French farmers, who blocked hundreds of kilometers of roads for several days, demanding higher wages, cuts in environmental regulations and increased protectionism.

(EFE)