This isn’t the Louvre’s first high-profile heist. Here’s a history of earlier thefts

by October 21, 2025

written by October 21, 2025

<em>Daily Scene in the Louvre</em>, a 1911 cartoon by Samuel Ehrhart, shows patrons blatantly stealing works from the museum after an inventory at the time found that over 300 canvases were missing.

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

(Image credit: Universal History Archive)

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