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The Theft of the Gioconda in 1911 Which Made the Painting Even More Famous

The author Vincenzo Peruggia, painter and decorator, said that he wanted to return the work to Italy where, according to him, it had been stolen

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The roaming theft of jewelry at the Louvre has been defined as a "knock on the other times" . In this regard we propose this article by Marco Battistini on Vincenzo Peruggia, a thief of Mona Lisa Rome, 20 Oct . According to the maximum erroneously attributed to Machiavelli, the end would justify the means. Concept in some ways similar to a famous Nietzschean aforism. • Everything that is done for love is always beyond good and evil, even when th…

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In addition to the Sunday one, and the famous one of an Italian with the Gioconda

·Italy
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For some, it's the blow of the century: seven minutes to take away priceless jewelry. In the acrobatic assault at the Louvre in Paris, in a handful of...

·Milan, Italy
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Recently, a ‘film theft’ was reported at the Louvre Museum: a group of thieves carried out an operation in which jewels were taken, some of which belonged to Napoleon, in just 7 minutes. This is not the first time something like this has happened and even once they took away the famous work ‘La Gioconda’, better known as the ‘Mona Lisa’.Vincenzo Peruggia is the name of the thief who achieved the feat in a rather peculiar way and who helped the w…

·Mexico
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The theft of nine jewels from Napoleon’s collection and the empress Eugenia de Montijo in the Louvre Museum is the last of a long list of incredible holdups to remove works of art. In fact, it is not the first time that the Louvre has suffered a theft, beginning with the subtraction of the famous Mona Lisa. The ‘Gioconda’, also in the Louvre. In 1911 the Louvre already suffered a spectacular theft. A former employee, Vicenzo Peruggia, knowing th…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Read about some of the most famous art thefts here: 1911 - "Mona Lisa" was removed from the Louvre. A former employee of the Louvre stole Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting "Mona Lisa". Indic...

·Aarhus, Denmark
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La Repubblica broke the news in Turin, Italy on Sunday, October 19, 2025.
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