It was Mona Lisa and it was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia
Vencenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee, stole the famous painting in 1911.
The Louvre Museum in 1911
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Vencenzo Peruggia,a Louvre employee, stole the famous painting in 1911.
The painting was stolen August 21, 1911. It was found two years later and ceremoniously restored to her rightful place on January 4, 1914.
It was stolen from the Louvre in 1910 and found again in 1912.
Currently, and since 1804 , the Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci, resides in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, with the sole exception of a short period when it was stolen in 1911, and recovered in Italy in 1913.
I am not sure it was a great tragedy to the French. A valuable painting was stolen from the Louvre, it was a great loss for the museum, and of course the painting had to be recovered.
The location of the "Mona Lisa" is at the Louvre, in Paris, France.
About 6 million people view the painting at the Louvre each year
The Mona Lisa was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia on 21 August 1911.
Not the exterior, but on painting is called Miss Cassatt in the Louvre.