Mona Lisa had closed. Peruggia was an Italian patriot who believed Leonardo's painting should have been returned for display in an Italian museum. Peruggia may have been motivated by an associate whose copies of the original would significantly rise in value after the painting's theft. A later account suggested Eduardo de Valfierno had been the mastermind of the theft and had commissioned forger Yves Chaudron to create six copies of the painting to sell in the U.S. while the location of the original was unclear. However, the original painting remained in Europe. After having kept the "Mona Lisa" in his apartment for
View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic () is a painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. In 1887 van Gogh lived with his brother Theo in an apartment in Montmartre, which is located on Montmartre hill above the city of Paris. This afforded him a beautiful view of the Paris skyline, which he painted several times. Two of the paintings were made in 1887. The second painting "View from Vincent's Window" was made from a similar vantage point of "View of Paris from Vincent's Room