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THE MONA LISA
The best known, most visited, most written about portrait in the world is a painting of a smiling woman by Leonardo da Vinci
It is an oil painting on a poplar wood panel. Most experts believe it is a picture of Lisa Gherardini, a woman who lived in Italy in the 1500s. Almost nothing else is known about her or her famous smile.
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The Mona Lisa has been on permanent display in the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797.
The directors of the Louvre have been covering up a secret for several years: Someone stole the Mona Lisa.
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No one has any idea where the real painting is, or how thieves were able to break into the museum.
There were no clues other than a terrible, terrible smell.
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