Experts say jewels stolen in heists from the iconic Parisian museum are hard to recover, as they are broken down.

From the Mona Lisa to the jewels of Napoleon, the Louvre has experienced over a century of high-profile heists.

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso ...

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful ...

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes.

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.

The specialist in 19th-century French and European history reacts to the theft of eight French crown jewels that embody a ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - New tests on a painting billed as the original version of the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's 15th century portrait, have produced fresh proof that it is the work of the Italian ...

If the other paintings in the room that houses the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris could talk, they might be whispering "good riddance!" to one another right now. That's owing to French ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss-based art foundation on Thursday unveiled what it argues is Leonardo da Vinci's original "Mona Lisa", backing its claim with evidence from a U.S. research physicist, a ...

A digital reconstruction, left, produced by French scientist Pascal Cotte shows a different version of the portrait lying underneath the Mona Lisa. Brinkworth Films French scientist Pascal Cotte says ...