In 1911, one man - without a plan, an escape route, or a buyer - managed to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Here's how he did it. What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving? This Indian ...

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century ...

After reading about the possible identification of the Mona Lisa’s background, learn about how Vincenzo Peruggia once stole ...

A worker hanging the Mona Lisa When Vincenzo starts work at the Louvre, he is immediately struck by just how many Italian paintings there are. Many of them - as he finds out – were taken from ...

But the man who stole it turned out to be an unknown tradesman ... Peruggia's theft had one unforeseen consequence: It turned the Mona Lisa into a household name. "It was considered to be a ...