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Italy can loan Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man to France, Italian court rules

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:09:43 +0200

An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row.

Spanish museum reveals 'younger' Mona Lisa

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:18:00 +0100

A Spanish museum Wednesday revealed an authenticated contemporary copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa found in its vaults, looking younger and more ravishing than the original, which sits in Paris' Louvre museum.

Louvre's Da Vinci restoration ignites art world row

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:36:00 +0100

Delicate work to restore a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece, to be unveiled in March, has turned into a headache for the Louvre, after experts accused the Paris museum of putting the precious oil work at risk.