The Mona Lisa was renowned even in Leonardo's lifetime; cardinals from Italy visited France specifically to see it and wrote about it—it became famous gradually through history and is now arguably the most famous painting in the world, but this fame grew over centuries, not through theft.
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Walter IsaacsonEvidence Quote
“cardinal comes by from italy and admires the painting and writes about it so it was known by the end of leonardo's life that it was going to be a masterpiece”
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What You Can Learn From History's Greatest Innovators | Walter Isaacson | The Knowledge Project 121— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/12/2026, 10:30:56 PM
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