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.

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...

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.”

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...

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.

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.

Nov 18, 2013 · Vincenzo Peruggia, the Italian handyman who stole the Mona Lisa, had trouble with the law before -- once for attempting to rob a prostitute and once for carrying a gun during a fistfight. This...

Aug 9, 2024 · The Mona Lisa was stolen by former Louvre employee Vincenzo Peruggia on August 21, 1911, and remained missing for over two years. The heist investigation was led by Chief Louis Lepine, but inadequate forensic techniques and lack of leads hindered the case.

Oct 22, 2017 · Mona Lisa’s true fame came from a petty Italian art thief named Vincenzo Peruggia. On the morning of Monday, August 21, 1911, Peruggia walked unnoticed out of the Louvre with the Mona Lisa hidden under his smock.