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Mona Lisa to the Nazis: Robbed often, why latest Louvre theft is different

Experts say jewels stolen in heists from the iconic Parisian museum are hard to recover, as they are broken down.

The Louvre theft could make France’s stolen crown jewels as famous as the Mona Lisa

The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty crown jewels — ...

The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and now the Louvre's royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists

This latest heist at the Louvre highlights the vulnerability of objects in public collections. The irony is they are often ...

This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful ...
New York Post

No more roommates for Mona Lisa! Iconic painting to get own gallery at the Louvre — and Americans will help foot the bill

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a massive renovation of the Louvre in Paris -- including a separate gallery for the museum's most famous holding, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. POOL/AFP via ...
NPR

Mona Lisa's roommates may be glad she's moving out

If the other paintings in the room that houses the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris could talk, they might be whispering "good riddance!" to one another right now. That's owing to French ...