History of the Mona Lisa

By Deanmdfry
  • 1503

    Leonardo Begins Painting the Mona Lisa

  • Period: 1503 to 1519

    During Leonardo's Life

  • 1516

    Leonardo moves to Clos Lucé, likely bringing the Mona Lisa with him

  • 1517

    Leonardos right hand is paralized

  • A Varnish is applied to the painting

  • The painting is kept at the Palace of Fontainebleau

  • Louis XIV moves the painting to Versailles

  • French Revolution

  • The Mona Lisa is moved to and put on permant dispaly at the Louvre

  • Napoleon hangs the Mona Lisa in his bedroom

  • The French Academy begins to consider the Mona Lisa a Masterpiece of the Renaissance

  • Franco-Prussian War, Painting moved to the Brest Arsenal

  • Guillaume Apollinaire and Pablo Picasso are questioned over the theft

  • The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Peruggia

  • The Mona Lisa is on display in the Uffizi Gallery

  • The Monal Lisa is returned to the Louvre

  • The Mona Lisa is Moved around During WWII:

    From the Loc-Dieu Abbey,and then Château de Chambord, then finally to the Ingres Museum in Montauban

  • Ugo Ungaza Villegas throws a rock at the painting damaging it

  • The Painting is Displayed at the Tokyo National Museum

  • Painting is sprayed with red paint during a protest

  • A Teacup is thrown at the painting, no damage done

  • A new Queing System at the Louve allows only 30 seconds to view the painting

  • Protestor throws cupcake at the painting, no damge done