It’s hard to believe there was a time when people didn’t make a beeline for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” when they visited the Louvre. One hundred years ago, the now iconic painting was hardly even a main attraction.
In fact, nobody even noticed the painting had been stolen until 28 hours after the fact.
Check out the NPR story that explains how the theft of the ‘Mona Lisa’ in 1911 and the subsequent extensive coverage of it in the press at the time led to its celebrity status.
