The inaugural episode of the ArtCurious Podcast explores the world's most famous work of art: Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. It is iconic, incredible, and unforgettable-- but is the work on view in Paris's Louvre Museum today the real deal? Host Jennifer Dasal uncovers the story of the Mona Lisa from its creation in the 16th century through its 1911 theft and to its current status as untouchable superstar, breaking down the strange stories and rumors swirling around it.

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CNN.com: And the World's Top Museum Is...

The Louvre's Page on the Mona Lisa

Saturday Evening Post: 100 Years Ago: The Mastermind Behind the Mona Lisa Theft

CNN.com: Did the Nazis Also Steal the Mona Lisa?

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Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa (or La Joconde, La Gioconda) . Begun c. 1503/1504, oil on poplar wood, 76.8 × 53 cm (30.2 × 20.9 in). Musee du Louvre.

Detail of Mona Lisa 's smile, including craquelure

Leonardo da Vinci, Presumed Self-Portrait, c. 1512, red chalk on paper, 333 x 213 mm, Biblioteca Reale, Turin.

Louis Béroud, Mona Lisa au Louvre , 1911

Salon Carré with the Mona Lisa Missing, 1911

The Mona Lisa on display in the Uffizi Gallery, in Florence (Italy). Museum director Giovanni Poggi (right).

The Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda , Attributed to Louis Béroud (Lyon 1852-1930), After Leonardo da Vinci,

View of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre today.

Episode #1: Is the Mona Lisa a Fake?