How Mona Lisa Was Recovered

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Question 1

In what year was Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa brazenly stolen from the Salon Carré of the Louvre Museum in Paris?

Question 2

Who was the Italian handyman and former Louvre glazier who physically stole the painting from the gallery wall?

Question 3

Where did Vincenzo Peruggia hide inside the Louvre on Sunday night awaiting the Monday museum closure?

Question 4

Which famous avant-garde artist and poet were arrested and interrogated by French police as suspected conspirators in the theft?

Question 5

Where did Peruggia keep the masterpiece hidden for over two years in Paris while waiting for police scrutiny to subside?

Question 6

In which Italian city was the Mona Lisa finally recovered in December 1913 after Peruggia attempted to sell it?

Question 7

In which Florentine hotel room did Uffizi director Giovanni Poggi verify the authentic painting stamps before calling the carabinieri?

Question 8

What patriotic motive did Vincenzo Peruggia claim during his trial in Florence to explain his theft of the masterpiece?

Question 9

What remarkably lenient sentence did the Italian court impose on Peruggia following his Florence trial in 1914?

Question 10

Before returning permanently to Paris in January 1914, at which prestigious Italian museum was the Mona Lisa briefly exhibited to ecstatic crowds?

In what year was Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa brazenly stolen from the Salon Carré of the Louvre Museum in Paris?