"Mona Lisa", Leonardo Da Vinci, oil on wood panel, 77 x 53 cm, Louvre Museum.
"Mona Lisa", Leonardo Da Vinci, oil on wood panel, 77 x 53 cm, Louvre Museum.
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Joe Medeiros, The Missing Piece
Hosted by Stephen Schaefer
Originally aired 8/29/11

On August 21, 1911, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from Paris’ Louvre Museum and recovered over two years later. While the thief is known, Joe Medeiros wonders a century later in this wide-ranging investigative documentary--The Missing Piece-- about the why. With interviews in Italy, France and the U.S. Medeiros unearths documents, shrink reports, and art experts to offer the answer.

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