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		dudul on Nov 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Time to Take Down the Mona Lisa? Or you should read a little bit about Da Vinci's life and how the painting ended up in France in the first place.

RocketSyntax on Nov 7, 2019 [–]

I read his biography by Isaacson. Seem to remember something about trouble in Italy so went to France and got next round of patronage there. Don't care. Napoleon is probably at fault somewhere in there.

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