TIL that in 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Museum by Vincenzo Peruggia, and it took two years to get it back. The museum initially had no idea it was missing, assuming it was out for photography.
https://www.history.com/news/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous
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https://www.history.com/news/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous
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The Heist that Made the Mona Lisa Famous
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.”Evan Andrews (HISTORY)
