Image source: documentary When the Louvre met the Forbidden City
The first story is this: In 1911, "Mona Lisa's Smile" disappeared for the first time in Louvre . Before the theft, a man named Eduardo da Valfino commissioned a French artist imitation painting to create six "Mona Lisa" and claimed that he intended to sell it on the black market. By chance, on August 21, 1911, museum employee Vincenzo Perugia hid the painting under his coat, took it away from the Louvre, kept it in his apartment for two years, and was captured while Perugia tried to sell the painting to an art gallery in Florence, .
Long after the incident, an article in the newspaper said: Valfino hired Perugia to steal the painting. Once the original painting was lost, one of Valfino's six fakes is likely to be considered the authentic one, so that he could make huge profits. But many people denied this article, and there is another version of the story in the theft.
Image source: movie Da Vinci password
Vincent Perugia is an Italian museum staff and art thief. He stole the "Mona Lisa" on August 21, 1911. He first hid the "Mona Lisa" in his apartment in Paris, and then returned to Italy with the painting and kept it in his apartment in Florence for a period of time. Later, he contacted the owner of the art gallery and was arrested soon. The painting was identified by the Italian museum and was exhibited and returned to France. Vincenzo Perugia claimed that he took the painting because he was worried that a notorious burglar hijack would steal it. It is said that the court sympathized with him for this and sentenced him to a short sentence of one year and fifteen days. Anyway, "Mona Lisa" returned to the Louvre. Of course, some people questioned that the original work that came back was not the original work, but more people believe that women who love to laugh will not have too bad luck.
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