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The Mona Lisa was exhibited in the United States in 1963. Planned by Jacqueline Kennedy and André Malraux, it was first displayed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with around 2,000 dignatories including John F. Kennedy at the first showing, followed by 500,000 people over the next three weeks.
The Mona Lisa [a] is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, [4] [5] it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, [and] the most parodied work of art in the world."
Exhibition history: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, National Gallery of Art, 8 January 1963 - 3 February 1963 ; The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 7 February 1963 - 4 March 1963 ; Mona Lisa Exhibition, Tokyo National Museum, 20 April 1974 - 10 June 1974 ; References
It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II.
In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is discovered to be missing at the Louvre in Paris. Vincenzo Perugia allegedly removed the famous painting off the wall and snuck it out of the Museum ...
Exhibition history Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci , National Gallery of Art , 8 January 1963 - 3 February 1963 The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci , Metropolitan Museum of Art , 7 February 1963 - 4 March 1963
As part of the works, the Louvre will move the Mona Lisa to a newly created exhibition space, as well as build a new entrance near the River Seine to try to ease crowding.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa — one of the most famous paintings in the world — is shrouded in mystery; from questions around the figures identity, to her puzzling, enigmatic expression.