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View story How The Mona Lisa Nearly Came To A Watery End 4 / 0 http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=17322 Submitted by asanol 5 months, 1 week, 5 days, 12 hours ago Apparently, the Mona Lisa had left the Louvre for America and first arrived in the National Gallery of Art in 1963. Then, it had arrived in New York in the Metropolitan Museum. Dr. Hoving, a curator, had one day noticed the people in charge of the Mona Lisa running around the place with towels, and later that night it had been found that the sprinklers on the ceiling had managed to break the glass barrier and reach the painting. The museum declined to comment regarding the incident. Tags: Mona Lisa, sprinklers, water, Metropolitan, museum, Hoving comment (0) | Category: Painting | Add asanol as a friend Comments Votes (my friends) Votes (Everyone) Add your comment Add your comment If you already have an account, sign in: Email address: Password: If you don't, just complete these fields: (or join art2news:: News and events in the Visual Arts for free) Your name: Your site: (optional) Your comment: (You have up to 5000 characters left) Can you see the 5 most prominent letters/numbers in this image? (case insensitive) Please enter them here: « go back

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