Another Day, Another Letter to an Art Dealer
On this day in 191`3, the man who stole the Mona Lisa contacts a dealer in Rome.
Mona Lisa Is Missing
The Mona Lisa is the most famous -- and most enigmatic -- painting in the world. But the biggest mystery surrounding the masterpiece is her remarkable, yet little known, disappearance from the Louvre
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The Thief of the Mona Lisa Writes This Letter
On this day in 1913, Vincenzo Peruggia writes to an art dealer in Florence
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Thieves take jewels while the museum was open.
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The Theft of the Mona Lisa on the Big Screen
A 1931 German film has the man who stole the Mona Lisa singing
She's Gone!
The Mona Lisa disappears, but a clue is left behind.
Mona Lisa Stolen, 114 Years Ago Today
She disappeared on August 21, 1911. And no one even noticed.
On This Day in 1914: Mona Lisa Thief Released from Prison
On appeal, Vincenzo Peruggia's prison sentence was reduced to time served.
On This Day in 1910: Mona Lisa Reported Stolen
But it wasn't. That would happen year later.
From the Mona Lisa Theft Archives
A postcard from the thief to his father