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Why did the Mona Lisa end up in the Louvre Museum?
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According to Forbes, Da Vinci started work on the Mona Lisa in Florence, Italy, in 1503 but was such a perfectionist that he still didn’t consider it complete by the time of his death in 1519. Since he was living in France and working under the patronage of King Francis I at the time, the world’s most famous painting ended up in the Louvre.
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Why did the Mona Lisa end up in the Louvre Museum?
- The museum collects the world’s most culturally significant art
- Italy sent it to France to help pay off a national debt
- Leonardo Da Vinci was working on it in France when he died
- Da Vinci had made too many enemies in Italy to display it there
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