The Louvre is giving the Mona Lisa her own dedicated exhibition space, a move that should dramatically improve conditions both for art lovers and for the daily migrating herds of tourists whose primary relationship with the painting consists of holding a phone over their heads for six blurry seconds.
That's a shame; now the same scene can't play out dozens of times a day, where someone walks in, The Wedding at Cana unseen on the wall behind them, and expresses disappointment at the size of the Mona Lisa... and someone else gets to say something like, oh you'd like to see something larger? Behind you
Maybe they can take the time to conserve the painting and clean off the old varnish when the big move happens.
I just want to know if the words "THIS IS A FAKE" were written in felt tip on the canvas, which Leonardo painted over.
That's a shame; now the same scene can't play out dozens of times a day, where someone walks in, The Wedding at Cana unseen on the wall behind them, and expresses disappointment at the size of the Mona Lisa... and someone else gets to say something like, oh you'd like to see something larger? Behind you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedding_at_Cana_(Veronese)
10m wide, 6.8m high