GAG469: Theft of the Mona Lisa - Stories from History

When the Louvre in Paris opened its doors on August 22, 1911, no one knew that one of the paintings was missing. The Renaissance masterpiece “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, which until then could be admired in the Salon Carré. But who stole the painting? For two years, the police were groping in the dark — until an art dealer in Paris receives a letter. In the episode, we talk about how the Mona Lisa disappeared from the Louvre and found it ba…