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Why is the Mona Lisa so famous ?

2022-03-122022-03-12 Elisabeth Perotin

An immersive exhibition in Marseille immerses the viewer inside “La Joconde” to “understand how this painting became a myth”. Continue reading Why is the Mona Lisa so famous ?

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A copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa will be sold today

2021-11-092021-11-09 Elisabeth Perotin

A copy of the Mona Lisa will be sold today in Paris. This piece is not the original, it was painted a century after Leonardo da Vinci’s. Continue reading A copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa will be sold today

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The day the Mona Lisa was stolen!

2021-10-202021-10-20 Elisabeth Perotin

Surely you think the Mona Lisa must be the most closely watched work of art in the world? Well that hasn’t always been the case. Indeed, the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 and was not found until two years later. Continue reading The day the Mona Lisa was stolen!

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