Category: Mona Lisa
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Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is Stolen Right Off the Walls of the Louvre in Paris. August 21, 1911.
On this day in history, on a quiet, humid Monday morning in Paris, three men were hurrying out of the Louvre with what would become the most famous painting in the world. They were committing the “art heist of the century.” History Daily: 365 Fascinating Happenings Volume 1 & Volume 2 – August 21, 1914…