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The Mona Lisa Theft: From Florence to the Louvre, Immortality, and the ‘Other Gioconda’

Have you ever wondered how a Renaissance portrait ended up becoming the most famous work of art in the world? The story of the Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda, is an epic five-hundred-year adventure fueled by its creator’s obsession. Leonardo da Vinci simply couldn’t part with it, carrying it with him across Italy all the…