The theft of the Mona Lisa occurred on August 21, 1911, at the Louvre Museum in Paris, when Leonardo da Vinci’s painting was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian carpenter and former museum employee. 🖼️ He hid the painting under his white work coat and left the museum unnoticed. 👤 Peruggia believed that the masterpiece should belong to Italy, since it was painted by an Italian artist, and justified the theft as an act of patriotism. 🇮🇹 The disappearance was discovered the following day, c