The Mona Lisa is the most widely recognised and most famous painting ever. Although the King of France, Francis I, and ...
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 ...
The Mona Lisa’s real rise to stardom began with a crime. On a summer morning in 1911, the painting vanished from the Louvre. For over 24 hours, no one noticed. When they finally did, chaos erupted.