LC control no. | no 94036176 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Peruggia, Vincenzo |
Variant(s) | Peruggia, Pietro Vincenzo Peruggia, Pietro |
Associated country | Italy |
Birth date | 1881-10-08 |
Death date | 1925-10-08 |
Place of birth | Dumenza (Italy) |
Place of death | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (France) |
Field of activity | House painting Glazing Art thefts |
Profession or occupation | House painters Glaziers Thieves |
Found in | Il furto della Gioconda, c1993: t.p. (Vincenzo Peruggia) Mona Lisa is missing, 2014: soundtrack and on-screen captions (Vincenzo Peruggia, born Pietro Vincenzo Peruggia, 1881-1925; Italian, working in France as house painter and glazier when he stole the Mona Lisa) Wikipedia, June 2, 2015 (Vincenzo Peruggia (October 8, 1881-October 8, 1925) was an Italian thief, most famous for stealing the Mona Lisa on 21 August 1911. Born in Dumenza, Varese, Italy, he died in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France. Former Louvre worker, painter decorator. Peruggia was released from jail after a short time and served in the Italian army during World War I. He later married and had one daughter Celestina. He returned to France and continued to work as a painter decorator using his birth name Pietro Peruggia) |