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"Vanished Smile", a true crime book by R.A. Scotti, is subtitled "The Mysterious Theft of" this artwork |
the Mona Lisa
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$400 |
DJ |
ART & CRIME |
2024-04-01 |
#9071 |
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An estimated 80% of the visitors to the Louvre come just to see this portrait by Leonardo da Vinci |
the Mona Lisa
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$400 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
2024-01-24 |
#9023 |
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Praise this painting from the early 1500s on its use of sfumato, the use of fine shading, but please don't tell her to smile more |
the Mona Lisa
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$800 |
J |
VERY ARTISTIC |
2023-02-24 |
#8815 |
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Vasari stated that this famous portrait was commissioned by the subject's husband, silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo |
the Mona Lisa
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$400 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
2022-11-01 |
#8732 |
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The Incoherents had fun with art: Eugène Bataille depicted this Leonardo da Vinci gal enjoying a pipe |
the Mona Lisa
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$400 |
DJ |
ART MOVEMENTS |
2021-06-02 |
#8413 |
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In 2015, after 10 years of study, a French scientist said he found a hidden portrait beneath this Leonardo portrait |
the Mona Lisa
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$200 |
J |
ART & ARTISTS |
2017-02-20 |
#7471 |
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A portion of this painting is on the jacket of the hardcover edition of "The Da Vinci Code" |
the Mona Lisa
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$200 |
J |
ARTWORK |
2015-04-24 |
#7055 |
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Her "hesitating smile which held my youth in tether has come to seem but a grimace" |
the Mona Lisa
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$1,200 |
DJ |
EVERYONE'S AN ART CRITIC |
2012-06-18 |
#6401 |
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Begun in 1503, it's been called "the most famous portrait in art history" |
the Mona Lisa
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$200 |
J |
ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS |
2011-01-10 |
#6061 |
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After this painting went missing from the Louvre in 1911, people lined up just to view the empty space |
the Mona Lisa
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$400 |
DJ |
ART HEISTS |
2010-06-08 |
#5937 |
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Marcel Duchamp's "L.H.O.O.Q." put a mustache & goatee on a postcard reproduction of this masterpiece |
the Mona Lisa
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$400 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
2010-03-18 |
#5879 |
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The first word in the title of this Da Vinci work is a short form of Madonna |
the Mona Lisa
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$200 |
DJ |
ART |
1990-12-25 |
#1457 |
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Assessed at $100 million in 1962, this da Vinci painting is believed to be the world's most valuable |
the Mona Lisa
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$200 |
J |
ART WORLD BLOCKBUSTERS |
1990-09-08 |
#13 |
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In 1911, this painting was stolen from the Louvre & wasn't recovered for 2 years |
the Mona Lisa
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$200 |
DJ |
ART |
1988-03-31 |
#834 |