The Mona Lisa has been targeted by protesters in the past. In 2022, a man who dressed as an elderly woman smeared the painting with a cakelike cream. More than a decade earlier in 2009 ...

He noted that Da Vinci lived there with Cardinal Cesare Borgia between 1501 and 1503, the year he started painting the Mona Lisa. The bridge in Laterina had four arches as depicted in the painting.

Mona Lisa’s POV of tourist crowds snapping pictures. Roughly 80% of the 9 million people who visit the Louvre each year reportedly stop in primarily to see the painting. REUTERS Da Vinci’s ...

While what's left of their bridge certainly resembles the one over Mona Lisa's left shoulder, some rival art experts argue the painting really shows another one, the Buriano Bridge, located just a ...

Two women threw pumpkin soup at the 'Mona ... Lisa" was reopened at about 11:30 a.m. Climate protesters at the Louvre in Paris hurled pumpkin soup at the "Mona Lisa" on Sunday, but the painting ...

You can get in touch with Kate by emailing [email protected], or by following her on X at @kateeplummer. The Mona Lisa painting was attacked by two environmental protesters who threw soup at ...