Theft over $1000.

Just read an interesting Vanity Fair article on the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911. I had no idea. The painting is recovered in Florence, when the thief claims that he's a patriot that wants to return it to rightful place. Having been to the Uffizi last year, the article comes alive a little more for me, although I think it's about time to spend a day or two in the Louvre. Some day. The article does add a sense of atmosphere to my reading of the Barbery book.

You know, da Vinci's work is great, but Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" (above) and "Primavera" (below) which I did see at the Uffizi, are among my absolute favourites.

        
  

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