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The ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Moving to a Room of Her Own at the Louvre
As part of a massive renovation, the Leonardo da Vinci portrait will get its own gallery space accessible from a separate ...
Paris' Louvre museum plans new space for treasured 'Mona Lisa' portrait
Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa" portrait is getting a new home at Paris' Louvre while the museum undergoes renovations.
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Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible studies of human anatomy still don’t get the recognition they deserve
His mother was a 16-year-old peasant girl called Caterina di Meo Lippi, and his father was Ser Piero da Vinci, a 26-year-old notary. Being illegitimate, the young Leonardo was only permitted an ...
No more roommates for Mona Lisa! Iconic painting to get own gallery at the Louvre — and Americans will help foot the bill
Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.
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Leonardo da Vinci Described Secret Passages in Sforza Castle. High-Tech Analysis Just Proved Him Right
A technological investigation at Sforza Castle found that it does in fact hold underground passages once described by ...
Forget the Mona Lisa, this is the Leonardo portrait you need to see
I remember when, as a child, I fought my way to the front of a queue of sweaty tourists in the Louvre, only to be pulled ...