The Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, will be relocated to a private room in the Louvre as the Paris museum undergoes a major renovation.
The portrait currently hangs in the Louvre’s largest room, which also features 16th century works by Venetian painters. In recent years, overcrowding has become a major problem – trying to view the Mona Lisa is usually a game of dodging past others in a sea of arms holding up mobile phones.
