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. Bettmann / Corbis ...
When it was stolen in 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting had been missing from the Louvre for more than 24 hours before anybody noticed. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa on view at the Louvre Museum in ...
Few artworks have inspired as much wonder, speculation, and myth as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Behind its serene smile lies a history woven through centuries of royal collections, scientific ...
When visitors step into the Louvre, most make a beeline for one small painting. It isn’t the largest, most colorful, or even the most technically complex artwork there. Yet, the Mona Lisa commands ...