The Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris

A series of photos from the exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, 22 October 2019. The exhibition running from 24 October 2019 to 24 February 2020 marks the 500th anniversary of Da Vinci’s death.

Da Vinci – according to historic records – died 02 May 1519 at the age of 67 in Amboise in the then Kingdom of France.

The anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci in France, of particular importance for the Louvre, which holds the largest collection in the world of da Vinci’s paintings, as well as 22 drawings.

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The museum is seizing the opportunity in this year of commemorations to gather as many of the artist’s paintings as possible around the five core works in its collections: The Virgin of the Rocks, La Belle Ferronnière, the Mona Lisa (which will remain in the gallery where it is normally displayed), the Saint John the Baptist, and the Saint Anne. The objective is to place them alongside a wide array of drawings as well as a small but significant series of paintings and sculptures from the master’s circle.

Photos: EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON