tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post6870066555895456121..comments2024-03-12T05:19:20.122-04:00Comments on The Commentator: Should Italy Ask For The 'La Giocanda' Back?T.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10275996524128634117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post-90000477264582282192009-10-08T13:20:02.351-04:002009-10-08T13:20:02.351-04:00I don't think there's any question it belo...I don't think there's any question it belongs to France. I was stirring the pot and exploring the possibility if there was a loophole. Maybe France can put it up on ebay and let Italy bid for it.<br /><br />Legalities and jokes aside, it's a shame an important piece of art is not in the possession of the country of origin.T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10275996524128634117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post-19030190447264553032009-10-08T12:58:57.733-04:002009-10-08T12:58:57.733-04:00According to Robert Wallace in The World of Leaona...According to Robert Wallace in The World of Leaonardo, Time-Life Library of Art,1966, Time-Life Books, New York, Leonardo had the Mona Lisa with him at the Cloux Manor, next to Amboise castle where Francis I housed him, when the painter died in 1519.<br />No mention is made of the king buying the painting but at any rate it was not taken or stolen from Italy. I guess it rightfully belongs to potsochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497735324298117643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post-35063693896913025482009-10-08T10:26:36.973-04:002009-10-08T10:26:36.973-04:00No easy question. I don't think the Monalisa s...No easy question. I don't think the Monalisa should be given back to Italy since as you say it was sold by the author in a regular transaction. In principle, works that were plundered or stolen or bought in illegal transactions should be returned to the country of origin - the bas-reliefs of the Parthenon back to Greece from the UK, for example. When though too much time has elapsed (lots of Man of Romahttp://manofroma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com