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The theft that changed how the World saw the Mona Lisa

The theft that changed how the World saw the Mona Lisa

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Miguel Ferreira
Nov 12, 2021
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Mona Lisa is the Kim Kardashian of paintings. She's famous, but most people don't even know how she became famous to begin with.

Leonardo da Vinci painted Mona Lisa in 1507. 

But the truth is, before July 1911 Mona Lisa wasn't popular outside the art world. 

Mona Lisa was just another Renaissance portrait painting.

Until one night in August 1911. 

Someone st…

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