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- The theft and subsequent recovery in 1914 generated unprecedented publicity for an art theft, and led to the publication of many cultural depictions such as the 1915 opera Mona Lisa, two early 1930s films (The Theft of the Mona Lisa and Arsène Lupin) and the song "Mona Lisa" recorded by Nat King Cole —one of the most successful songs of the 1950s.
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After 28 months, Vincenzo Perugia was arrested for the theft of the Mona Lisa. Shown here is the transfer of the painting from the Italian Ministry of Public Instruction to France.
Oct 20, 2019 · The theft changed how the world saw the Mona Lisa. The heist was discovered when a wealthy museum patron and amateur painter arrived at the Salon Carré to study “La Joconde,” as the French ...
Feb 6, 2024 · A museum worker called Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa in August 1911. In his book, Noah Charney offers evidence that the theft was motivated by money rather than the patriotism...
Oct 21, 2019 · The theft changed how the world saw the Mona Lisa. The heist was discovered when a wealthy museum patron and amateur painter arrived at the Salon Carre to study La Jaconde , as the French call the ...
Sep 11, 2022 · One August morning in 1911, three thieves who had hidden inside a closet in the Louvre overnight secreted the small Leonardo da Vinci out of the Paris museum and onto a train at the Quai d’Orsay ...
- Julie Belcove
Aug 19, 2016 · In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history: the theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s immortal painting “Mona Lisa.”
Apr 6, 2022 · The theft changed how the world saw the Mona Lisa. Peruggia’s act and the whirl of press attention that ensued, had transformed the Mona Lisa into one of the most recognisable and famous artworks in the world.
