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The theft of the Mona Lisa in
1911

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Roger-Viollet | 736513 | Mid-Lent festival. Mona Lisa float, passing in front of the Paris City Hall (allusion to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911). Paris, 1912. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
4982-16 DG
Mid-Lent festival. Mona Lisa float, passing in front of the Paris City Hall (allusion to the theft [...]
Roger-Viollet | 879762 | The Mona Lisa robbery. Lieutenant Lescouvé investigating at the Louvre museum. Paris (1st arrondissement), 1911. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
72467-24 DG
The Mona Lisa robbery. Lieutenant Lescouvé investigating at the Louvre museum. Paris (1st [...]
Roger-Viollet | 512752 | The Mona Lisa, found again after its theft, exposed in Offices museum, in Florence and contemplated by, from left to right, the painter Luigi Cavenaghi (who restored The Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci), Corrado Ricci, general manager of Fine Arts and Poggi, manager of The Offices museum, in December 1913. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
498-2 DG
The Mona Lisa, found again after its theft, exposed in Offices museum, in Florence and contemplated [...]
Roger-Viollet | 419371 | Reconstruction of the theft of the Mona Lisa by Vincenzo Perugia from the salon carré to the porte Visconti where he left the Musée du Louvre, on August 23, 1911. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
4493-10 DG
Reconstruction of the theft of "the Mona Lisa" by Vincenzo Perugia from the salon carré to the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 287852 | Leonardo bringing his Mona Lisa back. Satirical cartoon by V. Pellé alluding the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum in Paris, on August 23, 1911, found in Florence in 1913 and brought back to Paris in 1914. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
12918-12 DG
Leonardo bringing his Mona Lisa back. Satirical cartoon by V. Pellé alluding the theft of the Mona [...]
Roger-Viollet | 685604 | Theft of Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci. Back of the anthropometric card of Vincenzo Perugia, made in Paris, on January 25, 1909. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1919-1 DG
Theft of "Mona Lisa" of Leonardo da Vinci. Back of the anthropometric card of Vincenzo Perugia, [...]
Roger-Viollet | 196174 | Clockwork toy standing for a jockey carrying the Mona Lisa under his arm. Allusion to the theft of the Mona Lisa at the musée du Louvre (Paris) in 1911 and found in Florence (Italy) in 1913. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
12947-7 DG
Clockwork toy standing for a jockey carrying the Mona Lisa under his arm. Allusion to the theft of [...]
Roger-Viollet | 409166 | Agents and barrier of arranged benches around the Mona Lisa, in the Museum of the Offices in Florence, in 1913, to protect it, following its theft in 1911. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1551-4 DG
Agents and barrier of arranged benches around the Mona Lisa, in the Museum of the Offices in [...]
Roger-Viollet | 904674 | The theft case of the Mona Lisa. The French ambassador in Italy, Barrea, leaving the ministry with the painting, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
13514-15 DG
The theft case of the Mona Lisa. The French ambassador in Italy, Barrea, leaving the ministry with [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1051216 | Fancy postcard recalling the return of the Mona Lisa in Paris, after its theft, in 1913. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
8406-16 DG
Fancy postcard recalling the return of the Mona Lisa in Paris, after its theft, in 1913.
Roger-Viollet | 1056274 | Theft of the Mona Lisa. The painting found in Florence and about to be brought back to Paris, 1913. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
13514-14 DG
Theft of the Mona Lisa. The painting found in Florence and about to be brought back to Paris, 1913.
Roger-Viollet | 868491 | Theft of the Mona Lisa. The painting back at the Louvre museum. Paris, 1914. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
3911-1 DG
Theft of the Mona Lisa. The painting back at the Louvre museum. Paris, 1914.