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Masterpieces Revisited: Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

May 10, 2016

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is undoubtedly the most well-known painting in the world. Painted between 1504 and 1519, it was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911 and became famous overnight.

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The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (Credit: Museum Louvre / Basiliscus Production)
Image: Museum Louvre/Basiliscus Production