Mona Lisa paintingMona lisa painting photo:Press Service Archives “We have not received any official request to rent a canvas. Actually, we don’t borrow the painting “Mona Lisa” at all, as it is extremely fragile and any transportation can cause irreparable damage to it, ”said in turn the director of the Louvre art galleries Vincent Pomared. By the way,“ Mona Lisa ”left the walls only three times ... In 1911, the painting was kidnapped by an Italian, who was arrested two years later while trying to sell the masterpiece to a collector from Florence. In 1963 it was exhibited in one of the museums in the United States, and in 1974 - in Japan. Since then, "Mona Lisa" has been in the Louvre, where it is kept in a specially equipped display case that maintains a constant temperature and humidity. Meanwhile, participants in the excavation of Lisa's burial Gherardini, who probably posed for Leonardo's famous Mona Lisa, was discovered by a female skeleton.

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