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Where was the Mona Lisa displayed before it was installed in the Louvre Museum?
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Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503β19; in the Louvre, Paris.
Before being installed in the Louvre Museum at the turn of the 19th century, the Mona Lisa was part of the French royal collection, where it was kept in various palaces for centuries. Following the French Revolution, the painting was famously displayed in Napoleon's bedroom.12