Vincenzo Peruggia (8 October 1881 – 8 October 1925) was an Italian decorator best known for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, a museum in Paris where he had briefly worked as glazier, on 21 August 1911. [1]

Sep 13, 2022 · On the 21st of August 1911, a man named Vincenzo Peruggia committed an infamous art crime that made history. He stole what is now the most famous painting in the world, Leonardo da Vinci ’s Mona Lisa, 1503, from the Louvre in Paris.

Feb 6, 2024 · A museum worker called Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa in August 1911. In his book, Noah Charney offers evidence that the theft was motivated by money rather than the patriotism...

Aug 19, 2016 · In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history: the theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s immortal painting “Mona Lisa.”

Jul 17, 2019 · On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, today one of the most famous paintings in the world, was stolen right off the wall of the Louvre. It was such an inconceivable crime, that the Mona Lisa wasn't even noticed missing until the following day.

Jan 28, 2024 · More than a century after the Mona Lisa was stolen, La Gioconda was smeared with cake this week in what appeared to be a protest against climate change.

Jun 15, 2011 · Thanks to the high-profile heist, the Mona Lisa was now a global icon. Under a shower of even more publicity, it returned to the Louvre following mobbed exhibitions in Florence, Milan and...

Nov 5, 2018 · Leonardo da Vinci painted Mona Lisa in the early 16th century, but Vincenzo Peruggia (1881–1925) made her famous worldwide by walking out of the Louvre with the painting wrapped in his smock over 100 years ago, on August 21, 1911.

Aug 6, 2016 · On August 21, 1911, the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris by a petty thief named Vincenzo Perugia (sometimes spelled Peruggia), who had previously worked in the museum.

Feb 10, 2023 · Vincenzo Peruggia was an Italian artist and former employee of the Louvre who rose to infamy for stealing the Mona Lisa, a famous masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. Peruggia stole the painting on August 21, 1911 and went on to …