The <i id="mw1Q"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mona Lisa">Mona Lisa</a></i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_theft" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Art theft">stolen</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Peruggia" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vincenzo Peruggia">Vincenzo Peruggia</a>, a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_du_Louvre" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Musée du Louvre">Louvre</a> employee.<sup about="#mwt67" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_21#cite_note-12" id="mw2g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw2w">[12]</span></a></sup>
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