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Seeing The Mona Lisa For The First Time

In 1945, the Mona Lisa was unpacked at the end of World War II. The painting was kept well hidden from Hitler. The Louvre museum workers tried their best to keep the piece under wraps. The director of France’s National Museum, Jacques Jaujard, executed a plan to keep the art of the Louvre, which was all of 3600 paintings, as secret as he could. The painting of the Mona Lisa was marked by three red dots, indicating that it was significant.