Mona Lisa Frown
While not contemporary, the story about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa is a fascinating episode of greed, conspiracy, secrets, lies, and more lies. An excerpt from the upcoming book, The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler appears in the May issue of Vanity Fair detailing the most important aspects of this national embarrassment and an act of apparent patriotism serving as the veneer for something much more sinister.
The shocking theft of the Mona Lisa, in August 1911, appeared to have been solved 28 months later, when the painting was recovered…[T]he authors suggest that the audacious heist concealed a perfect—and far more lucrative—crime.
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