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Peruggia, Vincenzo

LC control no.no 94036176
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Personal name headingPeruggia, Vincenzo
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Variant(s)Peruggia, Pietro Vincenzo
Peruggia, Pietro
Associated countryItaly
Birth date1881-10-08
Death date1925-10-08
Place of birthDumenza (Italy)
Place of deathSaint-Maur-des-Fossés (France)
Field of activityHouse painting Glazing Art thefts
Profession or occupationHouse painters Glaziers Thieves
Found inIl 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)