One of the most famous art heists in history was the 1911 theft of the "Mona Lisa." The 16th-century Leonardo da Vinci ...

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

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 ...

The world’s largest art museum, the Louvre has approximately half a million objects in its collection, with about 30,000 on ...

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

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

Sunday’s robbery at the Louvre is just the latest in a long line of spectacular heists that have taken place around the world ...

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

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

On October 19, nine pieces of jewelry from the France's Crown Jewels collection were stolen from the Louvre Museum - a ...