Mona Lisa Stashed In An Austrian Mine?
With the recent discovery in Munich of $1.3 billion worth of art looted by the Nazis, and the forthcoming release of a feature film, starring George Clooney, based on the exploits of the Monuments Men, it is a fitting time to recall how fortunate we are that so much art survived the second world war. Among the many enduring mysteries of this period is the fate of the world’s most famous painting. It seems that Leonardo da Vinci‘s “Mona Lisa” was among the paintings found in the Altaussee salt mine in the Austrian alps, which was converted by the Nazis into their secret stolen-art warehouse. Read the details here.
