Mona Lisa two years, Peruggia grew impatient and was caught when he attempted to sell it to directors of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It was exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery for over two weeks and returned to the Louvre on 4 January 1914. Peruggia served six months in prison for the crime and was hailed for his patriotism in Italy. Before its theft, the "Mona Lisa" was not widely known outside the art world. It was not until the 1860s that some critics, a thin slice of the French intelligentsia, began to hail it as a masterwork of Renaissance painting. In
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