The Mona Lisa is Stolen from the Louvre

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On today’s Saturday Matinee, we widen the lens on one of the famous figures who contributed to the birth of the United States of America- the extraordinary Benjamin Franklin. Link to Founding Fathers: An American Dream: https://www.noiser.com/founding-fathers-an-american-dream Su ...  Show more

In August 1911, an Italian handyman walked out of Paris' Louvre museum with the Mona Lisa tucked under his arm. It was an audacious theft that shocked the art world, aroused the attention of the world's greatest detectives and even saw Picasso eyed with suspicion. Speaking to Cha ...  Show more

Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is undoubtedly the world's most famous painting. But, despite this, many visitors to the Louvre come away disappointed after they see the masterpiece. The real-life painting has a hard time living up to the myth of the "most perfect picture ever pain ...  Show more

HISTORY This Week returns with new episodes starting September 16th! In the meantime, listen to a favorite classic from the archives.August 21, 1911. On a Monday morning, a department store employee on a Paris street sees a man hurrying by. He carries a white-wrapped package and, ...  Show more

On March 18, 1990, the largest art heist in history at that point was carried out and to this day, none of the 13 paintings that were stolen have been found. With most suspects dead and no tracked attempt at selling the paintings, this case remains unsolved. This episode goes int ...  Show more