She finds her place. The Mona Lisa was re-installed in the night from Sunday to Monday in the State Hall of the Louvre Museum; a room that has been completely renovated to serve as a haven for the most famous smile in the history of art.
First change in size: the color of the room. So far, Leonardo da Vinci's painting was drowned in a too bright yellow. From now on, it will be sublimated by a dark blue covering the immense wall where it is hung. The Mona Lisa needed a darker color to highlight her own colors. It is painted with a very beautiful blue sky, and this sky is seen much better on a dark background ", explains to Europe 1 Vincent Delieuvin, curator of the paintings of the Italian Renaissance.
The hanging of the Venetian paintings continues in the State Hall ...
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It will also be better visible than before. "We have just created a new glass protector, which is really completely transparent.The viewer who comes to rediscover the Mona Lisa will really feel the picture even better than before.It is really very spectacular," says the conservative .
Finally, the spectators will be better welcomed to avoid the constant jostling in front of the most famous work of the museum. "There will be two serpentine lines that will allow the public to get closer to the work, and everyone to have a special moment with the Mona Lisa," said Servane De Landsheer, responsible for the reception of the public . Because today, a visitor stays on average only 50 seconds in front of the Mona Lisa.