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The Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 and missing for two years.

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An Italian handyman who had worked at the Louvre walked out with the painting under his clothes. The theft made the Mona Lisa world famous, and it was recovered in Florence in 1913.

Source: Mona Lisa (Wikipedia)

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