Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of the Salvator MundiTwo notable no-shows - for different reasonsTwo works are missing from the show, starting with the Mona Lisa. Organisers decided the world's most famous painting should remain in the Louvre's Salle des Etats - her normal home - to help avoid overcrowding. Officially, it was to be displayed at the Louvre Abu Dhabi but an unveiling set for September 2018 was inexplicably postponed. It was finally resolved with Paris pledging to loan several Raphaels to Rome next year, the quincentenary of that artist's death. The drawing, kept in a climate-controlled vault in the Accademia Gallery in Venice, is rarely displayed to the public.

Source: The Local October 22, 2019 10:41 UTC