Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa isn't just a painting; it's a global phenomenon. Housed within the Louvre Museum in Paris, this ...

The myth was further cemented by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, an influential 18th-century German art historian, who believed ...

In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia stole da Vinci’s masterpiece from Paris and later brought it to Florence. But the theft’s success as a repatriation effort was very short-lived.

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It just so happens that museum caretaker Vincenzo Peruggia took the risk and succeeded in stealing the painting from the museum, avoiding authorities for over two years. But unfortunately for him, ...

One of the world’s most notorious art thieves was Vincenzo Peruggia, the man who stole the “Mona Lisa.” The Italian glazier worked at the Louvre in Paris where Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th ...

Writer-director Joe Medeiros traces the path of Vincenzo Peruggia, charged with the 1911 theft of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa from The Louvre, ...

The sparsely decorated apartment where Vincenzo Peruggia hid the painting in Paris. (Getty: Roger-Viollet)No-one suspected the masterpiece would be lying inside a sparsely furnished, one-room ...

Vincenzo Peruggia steals the Mona Lisa on Monday 21st August, 1911. The Louvre is closed for cleaning and there are just 12 security guards on duty rather than the normal 116.

One of the world’s most notorious art thieves was Vincenzo Peruggia, the man who stole the “Mona Lisa.” The Italian glazier worked at the Louvre in Paris where Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th ...