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On August 21, 1911, an Italian handyman named VincenzoPeruggia strolled into the Louvre Museum in Paris and, almost unbelievably, walked out with Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The whole thing was shockingly straightforward, but it set off an international uproar that changed the painting's fate forever.
By Matt SchmidtOn August 21, 1911, an Italian handyman named VincenzoPeruggia strolled into the Louvre Museum in Paris and, almost unbelievably, walked out with Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The whole thing was shockingly straightforward, but it set off an international uproar that changed the painting's fate forever.