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

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

Museum security concerns rise after the latest Louvre robbery, as experts recall other major art thefts, including the ...

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

It was the Monday morning of August 21, 1911, the weekly closure day of the Louvre during the summer holidays, when an ...

Leonardo da Vinci started the iconic 'Mona Lisa' painting in Italy but finished it in France, where he sold it to the French ...

He was arrested a year later, while robbing an apartment, and sentenced to eight years in prison, along with being fined ...

Never say never. The Mona Lisa (1503), undoubtedly the main attraction at the Louvre, was stolen in 1911 and recovered two ...

Explore the Louvre's most notorious art heists, from the daring theft of the Mona Lisa to the recent Crown Jewels robbery ...

Paris's Louvre Museum was shut down Sunday after nine pieces from Napoleon and Empress's jewellery collection were stolen.

The Louvre jewelry heist is just one of the biggest museum heists in history—here's a look at the greatest of all time.

On Tuesday August 22, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Musée du Louvre under everyone's noses. In the early hours of ...