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A composite of the Mona Lisa and Vincenzo Peruggia

A black and white photo of the Mona Lisa painting hanging on display in the Louvre

A black and white photo of two officers standing in a messy apartment with a bed on one side and a table on the other.

An illustration of two men pulling down the Mona Lisa painting from a wall that appeared on a newspaper front page.

A black and white photo of a young Pablo Picasso wearing a large wool coat.

"There was a little hobby that some of these men in the artistic circles of Paris had at the time to steal minor objects or collection items from the Louvre to have for themselves."

A black and white mug shot of Vincenzo Perugia, wearing a tweed suit and with a moustache

Agents stand around the Mona Lisa in 1913

A crowd of visitors take photos and stare at the Mona Lisa painting hanging on a wall at the Louvre.

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