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It has NOT been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797.[edit]
The lede states that "it has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797," but that sentence is clearly wrong and needs to be removed or reworded. Aside from the fact that - according to this very same article - "during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), the painting was moved from the Louvre to the Brest Arsenal," the Mona Lisa was missing for 2 years after being stolen in 1911. Then we read that "during World War II, it was again removed from the Louvre and taken first to the Château d'Amboise, then to the Loc-Dieu Abbey and Château de Chambord, then finally to the Musée Ingres in Montauban," that "from December 1962 to March 1963, the French government lent it to the United States to be displayed in New York City and Washington, D.C.", and that "in 1974, the painting was exhibited in Tokyo and Moscow." Some people only read the lede of an article and those people are going to come away mistakenly believing that ... well ... that the Mona Lisa has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797, when that simply isn't true... FillsHerTease (talk) 19:27, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I think a "normally" will cover it. No doubt they've often removed it for inspection and conservation, as museums usually do. Johnbod (talk) 19:44, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I didn't want to edit an article as important as this. I wasn't even sure if I would be able to!
I like the Mona Lisa a lot because it sounds like my name. Mona is short for Madonna, which sounds like Madison. Lisa is short for Elisabeta, which sounds like Elizabeth. I also look like the lady in the Mona Lisa. Madison Elizabeth Michelle (talk) 15:50, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Proposal to add a book reference:
Jean-Pierre Mohen, Michel Menu, Bruno Mottin, Mona Lisa: Inside the Painting, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2006 (ISBN-13 : 978-0810943155).
as already added to the french version of this page. Dureisseix (talk) 14:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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