tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post7798866662822865570..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: True Crime: The Kidnapping of Lisa La GiocondaOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-91436491481038580852017-03-30T06:04:28.925-04:002017-03-30T06:04:28.925-04:00When I saw her, it was before the days of mobile p...When I saw her, it was before the days of mobile phones and budget airlines, and I had a short time almost alone with her. I resisted the temptation to stick her up my jumper, and contemplated her eyebrows instead. Nowadays, she would have her eyes 'enhanced' by a couple of Kardashian caterpillars.Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41845672325405301632017-03-29T10:30:43.512-04:002017-03-29T10:30:43.512-04:00Leye, I wish the Louvre would schedule quiet time ...Leye, I wish the Louvre would schedule quiet time with her (and her neighbors) for folks like us. Say, that's an idea. Maybe they can be convinced to give over a few hours a week to small group, camera free visits. I have French friends who have great art connections. I think I'll suggest it. Who knows, we might not have to turn into art thieves after all. Cara, any thoughts on this? Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-40479548525069170512017-03-29T10:26:55.525-04:002017-03-29T10:26:55.525-04:00Kathy, there is a lot of conjecture about Peruggia...Kathy, there is a lot of conjecture about Peruggia having been in collusion with a forger who would use the fact that ML had gone missing to sell forgeries of the painting. And the head of the Uffizi trying to profit from returning it to France. (According to French law, anyone who reporting evidence leading it its return was entitled to a reward, which the French government never paid in this case.) Those suppositions were reported in the Vanity Fair article, but since the authors were not careful enough to spell Peruggia's name right, I give no credence to their insinuations. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66484517496052838842017-03-29T10:07:32.444-04:002017-03-29T10:07:32.444-04:00I still haven't met her. The thought of the cr...I still haven't met her. The thought of the crowd puts me off. I'd like a quiet moment with her. No cameras, no tourists. Just us. Never gonna happen unless I do a Peruggia. Leyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669617004830331791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-91546044596819309032017-03-29T01:46:08.546-04:002017-03-29T01:46:08.546-04:00What a wonderful story. I was reading it like a m...What a wonderful story. I was reading it like a mystery. And it was solved. The culprit confessed out of love for his country, he says.<br />Thank you for telling it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75803667653468853452017-03-28T09:26:17.108-04:002017-03-28T09:26:17.108-04:00You are so right, Bro. You can see that in the ph...You are so right, Bro. You can see that in the photo of that raucous crowd taking snaps. I always like to think, though, that small can be powerful. Just saying, your munchkin sis!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-55414724200892402662017-03-27T22:53:18.168-04:002017-03-27T22:53:18.168-04:00Among the things that impressed me most about the ...Among the things that impressed me most about the Mona Lisa when I first saw her more years back than I care to (or can) remember was how small it is. Somehow, I always imagined it as a large looming painting. But of course it is, in so many ways other than size. Thanks for the tale. sis. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com