My antique Mona Lisa postcards almost all date from the time of the famous theft of the painting from the Louvre. The one above is labeled "La Joconde" and notes that the painting disappeared from the Louvre on August 21, 1911. The next one adds the recovery date: December 12, 1913, in Florence.
During the year and a half that the painting was missing, a number of satirical postcards played on the disappearance. The next one "prays" to St. Anthony of Padua. In the blank spot was an invisible ink Mona Lisa that apparently appeared when heated (on the back, is some soot from a candle). On the actual card, you can see a very, very faint image of her face.
Two more satiric cards with silly verses. The second one promises "I will come back when chickens have teeth."
More to come...
My antique Mona Lisa postcards almost all date from the time of the famous theft of the painting from the Louvre. The one above is labeled "La Joconde" and notes that the painting disappeared from the Louvre on August 21, 1911. The next one adds the recovery date: December 12, 1913, in Florence.
During the year and a half that the painting was missing, a number of satirical postcards played on the disappearance. The next one "prays" to St. Anthony of Padua. In the blank spot was an invisible ink Mona Lisa that apparently appeared when heated (on the back, is some soot from a candle). On the actual card, you can see a very, very faint image of her face.
Two more satiric cards with silly verses. The second one promises "I will come back when chickens have teeth."
More to come...
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