In the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, October 7, 2007, a group of drunken youths broke into the Museé D’Orsay. Not satisfied with their stunt of trespassing into the establishment, they crept to where Claude Monet’s painting, Le Pont d’Argentuil, hung and proceeded to vandalize it by punching a four-inch hole through it.
How is it possible that the security system at the Orsay be fooled by a group of intoxicated teens? According to the museum the vandals broke in by using a back door that is secured by large bolts. Unfortunately the large bolts were faulty. France’s minister of culture called the vandalism “an attack against our memory and our heritage”. The tear on the canvas will be restored.
I suspect a certain CSUN professor who hates Monet.
To learn more about Monet’s work click here.
