World's Greatest Art Thefts

by Anthony Haden


Forbe's Lists the World's Greatest Art Thefts, this knowledge will help you when you appear on Jeopardy!

"The 1911 theft of the "Mona Lisa," when the self-styled Marques Eduardo de Valfierno paid three men to steal it from the Louvre in Paris, is usually seen as the first great art heist of the 20th century. Since that time, countless thousands of works of major and minor art have been stolen, whether by professional thieves or as the result of war. The extraordinary thing is not how many pieces have been stolen but how many have been recovered. "

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