Vincenzo Peruggia

Vincenzo Peruggia
A police photograph of Vincenzo Peruggia in 1909, two years before the theft of Mona Lisa
Born
Pietro Vincenzo Antonio Peruggia

(1881-10-08)8 October 1881
Dumenza, Varese, Italy
Died8 October 1925(1925-10-08) (aged 44)
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Other namesPietro Peruggia
OccupationsDecorator, soldier
Known forTheft of the Mona Lisa

Vincenzo Peruggia (8 October 1881 – 8 October 1925) was an Italian decorator best known for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, a museum in Paris where he had briefly worked as glazier, on 21 August 1911.

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