Still known by many of the guards, Peruggia had walked into the museum, noticed the Salon Carré empty, grabbed the Mona Lisa, went to the staircase, removed the painting from its frame, and walked out of the museum with the Mona Lisa under his painters smock. read more
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is the most famous painting in the world. read more