The Mona Lisa
Short History Of...
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Introduction
Vincenzo Palugia is a painter and decorator in Rundizmo, two miles from the Louvre Museum. He decided to steal an Italian painting by Paolo Veronese that he thought was too big for the museum. The Mona Lisa is visited by more than 10 million people a year who follow signs directing them to its superstar. But how did this small portrait reach such heights of global fame?
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