To commemorate the 500-year anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci in France, the Musée du Louvre is designing and holding a major retrospective of the painter’s career.
The exhibition aims to illustrate how Leonardo placed utmost importance on painting, and how his investigation of the world, which he referred to as “the science of painting”, was the instrument of an art through which he sought to bring life to his paintings.

Alongside its own collection of five paintings* by Leonardo, the largest in the world and 22 of his drawings, the Louvre will display nearly 120 works (paintings, drawings, manuscripts, sculptures, objets d’art) from
some of the most prestigious European and American institutions, including, the Royal Collection, the British Museum, the National Gallery in London, the Vatican Pinacoteca, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, the Galleria Nazionale in Parma, the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Institut de France.

The Mona Lisa, however, will remain on display in the galleries of the permanent collection.

Opening hours: de 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closed Tuesdays).
Night opening until 9:45 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Additional night openings on Saturdays and Sundays for the exhibition only.
Admission: €17 (collections+exhibitions)

Compulsory time slot booking: www.ticketlouvre.fr


Further information: www.louvre.fr/en