Talk:Vincenzo Peruggia/Archive 1

Returned to the Louvre in 1914?
The Art Theft article and the Mona Lisa article say 1913

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa#Theft_and_vandalism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_theft#The_Mona_Lisa_.281911.29 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lumarine (talk • contribs) 04:12, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Is the name spelled Peruggia or Perugia?
I don't know the proper spelling, but the article is inconsistent. Thanks, wolps (talk) 02:13, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

French Pop Culture Reaction To Theft
I remember viewing a documentary on the theft of the Mona Lisa on TV about ten years ago. After the theft much sarcasm and fun was made over the fact that the most famous painting in the world could not be found, they had newspaper cartoons about it, etc. These cartoons would make great illustrations for the article, I'm sure they're in the public domain by now. Perhaps someone has access to the files (morgue) of "Figaro" and other French newspapers of the time that cover the theft. These would be a good contemporary account. There was much written about it, so there's a wealth of information out there. When Perugia stole the painting, he left behind the frame with a fingerprint of his left thumb. Unfortunately, the museum only took impressions of the right thumb of its employees. The Mona Lisa (La Joconde, 1503) from what I recall, had pillars on each side of the figure but these were later cut off by someone to make the painting more aesthetic. Francois I bought the painting to hang in his bathroom. Here's an interesting story about the theft from a tour guide book, "Let's Go Paris", Julianna Tymoczko, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1996, pg. 227: Guillaume Apollinaire warned his friend Pablo Picasso, who owned two statues stolen from the Louvre, that a search for the painting might be undertaken so the pair panicked and were going to dump the two stolen statues into the Seine at midnight in a suitcase but decided to leave them at a newspaper office instead. The cops jailed Apollinaire as a suspect in the Mona Lisa case and after two days of intense questioning he broke down and said Picasso stole the Mona Lisa. Picasso cleared his own name, however, and Apollinaire was released after local artists testified on Apollinaire's behalf. 71.157.182.121 (talk) 19:44, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

The Death dates and the top and at the bottom of the Article DO NOT MATCH
At the top of the article it says he died on 1925 while at the bottom it says 1947. Someone please fix this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.101.248 (talk) 20:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * this web page: http://www.yourbrushwiththelaw.com/csac/mona_lisa.htm along with italian wiki mentionned death in 1927, while other non italian wiki mentioned death in 1947, this would make in die 66 years old in former case and 44 in later. Shall death date be fixed on Italian wiki as well ? --Archemar (talk) 07:55, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * this page: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/069d8662-be37-11e0-bee9-00144feabdc0.html specifically mentions the date in 1947 being incorrect, referring to another Vincenzo Peruggia, stating that the Peruggia this article is about actually died on his 44th birthday (which would make it 8 October 1925). 94.209.35.114 (talk) 11:56, 7 August 2011 (UTC)# ignore it220.246.219.72 (talk) 10:50, 23 March 2015 (UTC)