On Tuesday August 22, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Musée du Louvre under everyone's noses. In the early hours of ...
Experts say jewels stolen in heists from the iconic Parisian museum are hard to recover, as they are broken down.
Tuscany — If you manage to elbow your way past the crowds at Paris' Louvre museum to get close enough to stare into the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa — and you then manage to break eye contact ...
After 28 months, Vincenzo Perugia was arrested for the theft of the Mona Lisa. Shown here is the transfer of the painting from the Italian Ministry of Public Instruction to France. Bettmann / Corbis ...
The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty crown jewels — ...
This latest heist at the Louvre highlights the vulnerability of objects in public collections. The irony is they are often ...