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Photos: Leonardo da Vinci retrospective opens at Louvre in Paris

To mark 500 years since the death of the Tuscan polymath Leonardo da Vinci, the biggest ever retrospective of his work opened at the Louvre museum in Paris today. A decade in the planning, the show simply titled "Leonardo da Vinci" groups 162 works of the artist. The show walks the visitors through the timeline of the master's peripatetic life. However, visitors will be able to witness the Mona Lisa, da Vinci’s most famous painting, only through a virtual reality experience, with organisers concerned by the already massive crowds that throng her daily. The show runs until February 24.

Updated on: Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM IST

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A person looks at a painting by Leonardo da Vinci’s “The virgin with the child” called “Madone benois -1519”, during the opening of the exhibition. Five hundred years after the death of the Tuscan polymath, the Louvre museum in Paris inaugurated the largest exhibition ever set up around the work of the genius of the Renaissance. Visitors thronged the museum to witness the show. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

A person looks at a painting by Leonardo da Vinci’s “The virgin with the child” called “Madone benois -1519”, during the opening of the exhibition. Five hundred years after the death of the Tuscan polymath, the Louvre museum in Paris inaugurated the largest exhibition ever set up around the work of the genius of the Renaissance. Visitors thronged the museum to witness the show. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

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People take pictures with mobile phone at an oil painting by Atelier Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” (Version Ganay), during the opening of the exhibition. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

People take pictures with mobile phone at an oil painting by Atelier Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” (Version Ganay), during the opening of the exhibition. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

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A man looks at the “Vitruvian Man” the famous annotated drawing, made around 1490 with pen, ink and wash on paper by Leonardo, during the show. The drawing -- which Italian media say is insured for at least one billion euros -- joined the Louvre show with just days to spare before the opening. It will stay only eight weeks rather than the full four months of the show. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

A man looks at the “Vitruvian Man” the famous annotated drawing, made around 1490 with pen, ink and wash on paper by Leonardo, during the show. The drawing -- which Italian media say is insured for at least one billion euros -- joined the Louvre show with just days to spare before the opening. It will stay only eight weeks rather than the full four months of the show. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

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A drawing by Leonardo da Vinci titled “Proportions of the Face and Eye” during the show. The show simply titled “Leonardo da Vinci” groups 162 works of the polymath. The exhibition in the Hall Napoleon features 11 of the fewer than 20 paintings definitively attributed to the Renaissance master, as well as drawings, manuscripts, sculptures and other objets d’art. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

A drawing by Leonardo da Vinci titled “Proportions of the Face and Eye” during the show. The show simply titled “Leonardo da Vinci” groups 162 works of the polymath. The exhibition in the Hall Napoleon features 11 of the fewer than 20 paintings definitively attributed to the Renaissance master, as well as drawings, manuscripts, sculptures and other objets d’art. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

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Leonardo’s “Leda and the Swan” during the show. More than 10 years in the making, the project began when Louis Frank, one of the exhibition’s curator, translated a Renaissance-era da Vinci biography to round out existing knowledge about the painter’s life. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

Leonardo’s “Leda and the Swan” during the show. More than 10 years in the making, the project began when Louis Frank, one of the exhibition’s curator, translated a Renaissance-era da Vinci biography to round out existing knowledge about the painter’s life. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

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A person takes a picture of an oil on wood painting by Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Head of a Woman” — also known as La Scapigliata, during the show. That biographical emphasis is evident in the exhibit’s design, which traces the artist’s trajectory from his apprenticeship with Florentine sculptor Andrea del Verocchio to his death in France in 1519. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

A person takes a picture of an oil on wood painting by Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Head of a Woman” — also known as La Scapigliata, during the show. That biographical emphasis is evident in the exhibit’s design, which traces the artist’s trajectory from his apprenticeship with Florentine sculptor Andrea del Verocchio to his death in France in 1519. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

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A woman looks at the drawing “The Virgin, the Child Jesus with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist”, during the opening of the show. “We wished, in order to pay homage to the artist, to be able to show the entirety of Leonardo da Vinci’s career and his development and to explain, ultimately, the sense of his life,” the second curator Vincent Delieuvin said. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

A woman looks at the drawing “The Virgin, the Child Jesus with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist”, during the opening of the show. “We wished, in order to pay homage to the artist, to be able to show the entirety of Leonardo da Vinci’s career and his development and to explain, ultimately, the sense of his life,” the second curator Vincent Delieuvin said. (Francois Guillot / AFP)

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Journalists watch the painting “Portrait of a Musician”, left, and “La Belle Ferronniere”, centre, by Leonardo da Vinci. The two curators, who are heads of the Louvre museum’s painting and graphic arts departments, have also included infrared reflectographs that offer an insight into the master painter’s techniques. The show runs until February 24. (Thibault Camus / AP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

Journalists watch the painting “Portrait of a Musician”, left, and “La Belle Ferronniere”, centre, by Leonardo da Vinci. The two curators, who are heads of the Louvre museum’s painting and graphic arts departments, have also included infrared reflectographs that offer an insight into the master painter’s techniques. The show runs until February 24. (Thibault Camus / AP)

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The Mona Lisa is a singular sensation at the Louvre’s retrospective, starring in a virtual reality experience because she cannot appear in person. Organisers of the show decided to leave the masterpiece in its usual home, the Salle des Etats, fearing crowd-control problems. Instead, visitors can enjoy a virtual “tete-a-tete” with the 24-year-old wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant thanks to the immersion experience. (Thibault Camus / AP)

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 2:59 PM

The Mona Lisa is a singular sensation at the Louvre’s retrospective, starring in a virtual reality experience because she cannot appear in person. Organisers of the show decided to leave the masterpiece in its usual home, the Salle des Etats, fearing crowd-control problems. Instead, visitors can enjoy a virtual “tete-a-tete” with the 24-year-old wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant thanks to the immersion experience. (Thibault Camus / AP)

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