# Canonical recap data for Mona Lisa Stolen from Louvre (1911)
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slug: mona-lisa-theft
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1911/mona-lisa-theft"
title: Mona Lisa Stolen from Louvre
subtitle: The 1911 theft of da Vinci's Mona Lisa by Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia transformed an obscure painting into a global icon through media sensation and recovery drama.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1911-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1911
decade: 1910
country:
name: France
slug: france
summaryShort: The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, [and] the most parodied work of art in the world." The paint
summaryLong: The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, [and] the most parodied work of art in the world." The painting's novel qualities include the subject's enigmatic expression, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modelling of forms, and the atmospheric illusionism.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Mona Lisa"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa"
  title: Mona Lisa
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- protest
metaDescription: The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it ha
wikidataQid: Q12418
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  capturedAt: 2026-07-04
  label: Mona Lisa
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa"
