The Nazi Hunt for Mona Lisa
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The History of Art Looting
Museums across europe were pretty savvy by the time 19 38, 39 rolled around. The louvre curators had this very complex system of designating relative value of works of art,. and the mona lisa was the only one with three red dots, indicating a work of the utmost value. It's not often that we get to have a best selling art historian on the podcast. But when it comes to history of masterpieces, both stolen and protected from nartzes, well, you are the person to come to.
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