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Originally Posted by Moose72
I was at the Louvre back in 1989. Saw Michelangelo's David. BOY! Is that sculpture ever big!
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I didn't see Michelangelo's statue of David. I did see da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting. It is actually smaller than expected and heavily guarded and behind glass (attached). My husband asked why the wooden ledge was there. The guard said it had to do with temperature control. It's not nearly as impressive as one would think. I'm sure David was amazing. I saw something of that scope in Rome many years back. I also saw Michelangelo's sistine chapel painting in the Vatican in Rome (my honeymoon... a loooong time ago). Have you ever been to Italy?
Though not Michelangelo's, I saw Venus de Milo and Winged Victory today. The latter was especially impressive.
Our experience at the museum was quite unique in that there were comparatively few people there. It's sad that it takes a pandemic to lessen the crowds.
I apologize that my photos are not good quality. Photography is not a strength of mine.