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Learn Stories of Stolen Masterpieces at Library Talk in Shrewsbury
SHREWSBURY – In 1911, when the Mona Lisa was stolen by a handyman who worked for Paris’ Louvre Museum, it wasn’t a well-known painting. Vincenzo Peruggia was the ringleader of the gang that included brothers Vincenzo and Michele Lancelotti. The trio hid in an art supply closet until the museum closed, then removed the painting from its case and frame, covered it with a blanket and left the building.
