Louvre museum says Mona Lisa may get a room of her personal | EUROtoday

Issued on: 27/04/2024 – 12:11

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Such a transfer would give guests, a lot of whom go to the Louvre for the long-lasting portray alone, a greater expertise, Laurence des Cars informed the France Inter broadcaster.

“It’s always frustrating when you don’t give visitors the best possible reception, and that is the case for the Mona Lisa,” she mentioned.

“A better solution seems necessary to me today,” she mentioned, including that the Louvre was in touch with the tradition ministry about potential options.

The Louvre, the world’s hottest museum, welcomed near 9 million guests in 2023.

Des Cars mentioned 80 p.c of them – 20,000 folks per day – braved the gang to catch a glimpse of the Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile, typically taking selfies in entrance of the portray.

The Mona Lisa at present hangs within the Louvre’s Salle des Etats (State Room), the museum’s greatest, in a protecting glass case, however Da Vinci’s masterwork will not be alone there.

It is accompanied by works by Sixteenth-century Venetian masters, and throughout the room hangs the Louvre’s greatest portray, The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese.

(AFP)