Uonce again, The Mona Lisa finds himself at the heart of a dilemma between France and Italy. This iconic work, which attracts millions of visitors to the Louvre museum in Paris each year, is threatened by a possible return to Italy, the native country of its illustrious artist, Leonardo da Vinci.
An enigmatic organization called International Restitution approached the Council of State to demand the repatriation of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting to Italy, as reported by TF1. In her request, she claims to act on behalf of the descendants of the heirs of the famous painter and requests that the work be purely and simply removed from the museum’s inventory.
The association, whose headquarters and leaders remain unknown, is not its first attempt. However, until now she had been interested in less famous works than the famous portrait of Mona Lisa.
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Is the request likely to be successful?
Do these anonymous defenders rely on historical facts? The Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1506, arrived in Paris in the winter of 1516 in the luggage of the artist, then in disgrace in his own country. Under the protection of Francis I, Da Vinci offered several of his works to France in exchange for a pension. Integrated into the royal collections, The Mona Lisa has been on display since 1797 at the Louvre, where it became one of the main attractions […] Read more
