The world’s most famous portrait is not hidden from view, nor quietly circulating between private collectors. Today, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa hangs behind layers of security inside the Louvre ...
The woman in the painting looks back at us with a smile that never quite settles. It is neither cheerful nor cold, neither welcoming nor distant. For more than five centuries, viewers have leaned ...
Every year, thousands of art lovers visit the famous Parisian museum, the Musée du Louvre. If you ask them what they want to see, no doubt the majority will mention Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of ...
An aerial view of the Grande Colonnade rendered redesign French Ministry of Culture and Louvre French officials chose an international team of architects to usher the Louvre into a “new Renaissance,” ...
The Mona Lisa has been behind safety glass since the early 1950s, when it was damaged by a visitor who poured acid on it.