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Guillaume Apollinaire

Born
26 August 1880
Died
9 November 1918, aged about 38
Record
Wikidata Q133855 · Wikipedia

Suspect in The Theft of the Mona Lisa

Poet arrested in September 1911 over earlier thefts of statuettes from the Louvre by an acquaintance; released and cleared of any link to the Mona Lisa.

1911–1914 · Louvre, Paris · Convicted

In 1911 a glazier walked out of the Louvre with Leonardo's portrait. It was gone 28 months, and the empty wall made it the world's most famous painting. Read the case.

Dated events

  1. Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested over earlier thefts of statuettes from the Louvre; he is released within days and Picasso is questioned.