The World's Most Famous Smile Used to Be a Nobody (Mona Lisa Theft)

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Before 1911, the Mona Lisa wasn't even considered Leonardo's best work. Then a man in a museum staff smock walked out the front door with it, and the world hasn't stopped looking at it since. This week: the missing painting, the two-year hiding spot, and the unlikely suspect list that included Picasso. Sources: * https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece * http://History.comhttps://www.history.com/articles/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Peruggia * https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-mona-lisa-louvre-heist-2708512 As always – this is what the internet told me. The internet has been wrong before. So have I. Fact-check away.