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Research Paper On Mona Lisa

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The heading of this article refers to the Mona Lisa. On January 8, 1962 the Mona Lisa was first exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This was the first time when this masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci had arrived in the U.S. The first to view the painting were more than 2,000 dignitaries among them the 35th President of the U.S. – President John F. Kennedy. The following day the exhibit opened to the public and over the next three weeks about 500,000 people gazed at the lady with the mystic smile. Afterward the painting was taken to New York City and exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where another million people saw it. If he was looking down from the stars Leonardo da Vinci would have been surprised and thrilled
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