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Mona Lisa theft from the Louvre
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Latest: Mona Lisa theft in 1911 transformed the painting into a global icon
The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum in Paris is identified as a pivotal event in the painting’s history. On August 21, 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian glass and frame specialist and former museum e