Lost Mona Lisa

By R. A. Scotti

Subjects: Art thefts, Thieves, Mona Lisa (Leonardo, da Vinci), Art forgers, Art, forgeries, Leonardo, da vinci, 1452-1519, Crime, france, Investigation

Description: Late on the afternoon of Sunday, August 20th 1911, three men strolled through the Louvre. Disguising themselves as museum staff they hid until nightfall. 16 hours later the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa, had vanished. This text tells the true story of the theft.