HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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It was stolen.
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It was a prize during a war.
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The subject in the painting was famous.
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The painting contains some secret codes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The writers of the 19th century aroused interest in the Mona Lisa, but the theft of the painting in 1911 and the ensuing media frenzy brought it worldwide attention. When news of the crime broke on August 22 of that year, it caused an immediate sensation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mona Lisa is famous because it is widely praised as evidence of the Leonardo Da Vinci’s mastery of human anatomy and natural realism. The Mona Lisa is also famous because of its exhibition at the Louvre, as well as its widespread reproduction in popular art and culture.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the 21st of August 1911, a man named Vincenzo Peruggia committed an infamous art crime that made history. He stole what is now the most famous painting in the world, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, 1503, from the Louvre in Paris.
Detailed explanation-4: -Leonardo explained that he had stolen the painting in order to restore to Italy what had been stolen from it by Napoleon. Thus, Leonardo made the stipulation that the Mona Lisa was to be hung at the Uffizi and never given back to France.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia stole da Vinci’s masterpiece from Paris and later brought it to Florence. But the theft’s success as a repatriation effort was very short-lived.