6 Individuals & Societies: Theft of Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–19; in the Louvre, Paris.

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• "Rare Canvas Gone",  The Appeal, August 20, 1910
• "How Painting was Found", The Omaha Daily Bee, December 14, 1913
• "Safeguarding the Treasures of the Louvre", The Omaha Daily Bee, February 15, 1914

Websites:

• The Theft that made Mona Lisa famous, via NPR
• The Heist that made Mona Lisa famous, via History.com
• Did Picasso steal the Mona Lisa? via Europeana