Topic
Art Crime
2 pieces in this topic.
What Happened to Caravaggio's Nativity in Palermo?
Caravaggio's Nativity was cut from its frame in Palermo on the night of 17 October 1969. It has not come back. A 2015 replica hangs in the oratory.
Who Stole the Mona Lisa? Peruggia's 1911 Theft
Vincenzo Peruggia took Leonardo's Mona Lisa from the Louvre on 21 August 1911. Why Picasso was not the thief, and how Florence recovered it in 1913.