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

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

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

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

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 ...

Orlando Whitfield wades into the murky backwaters of the multibillion-pound art market, from the most historic heists to ...

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

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

Thieves reportedly stole nine pieces from the jewelry collection of Napoleon and the Empress in the Louvre, using a basket ...

A major robbery occurred at the Louvre Museum in Paris, leading to its closure for the day. Thieves used a basket lift to ...

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