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Two activists from Last Generation posted images of a flooded Tuscan town over the goddess' giant shell on the 15th-century art work, before being escorted to a police station.
The Musee des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France 's third largest city, said in a statement that the attack on Claude Monet's 'Le Printemps' (Spring) took place at 3.30pm local time on Saturday.
Riposte Alimentaire ('Food counterattack') claimed responsibility for the stunt, which saw two women hurl pumpkin soup at the glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece in the Louvre, Paris.
The move comes after climate activists targeted a string of well-known monuments and artworks in the European nation in recent years, as well as blocking roads.
Three environmental activists attached themselves to the glass cover of the iconic renaissance painting in the Sala Botticelli of the Uffizi Gallery in Italy at 10:30 am this morning.