A Lithuanian national who's identity was not revealed but described as a maniac and deviant slashed Rembrandt's Danae and proceeded to pour acid over the painting.

'He lunged at the painting with a knife thrust in the region of Danae's lower belly, and then poured on what is estimated to have been a liter of sulfuric acid'^[1] wrote John Russell in an article detailing the return of the painting to public exhibition after 13 years of restoration.

There is no mention of a motive of the attack and very little documentation considering the magnitude of both the crime and the damage but the man was later judged by the court to be insane.