The Vitruvian Man is kept in a climate-controlled vault in the Accademia Gallery in Venice and is rarely displayed to the public. The court in Venice cited "the exceptional global relevance of the [Louvre] exhibition and [Italy's] desire to maximise its heritage potential" in overturning the bid to stop the loan of several Da Vinci works. Rome is lending several Leonardo works to the Louvre for a major exhibition that opens next week. In return, paintings and drawings by the Italian artist Raphael are to be loaned to Italy for an exhibition in the Italian capital in March. pic.twitter.com/Fm7EifQDsE — Dario Franceschini (@dariofrance) October 16, 2019The loan was already questioned by Italy's former populist government, which railed against the idea of lending Da Vinci works to France.

Source: The Local October 16, 2019 10:30 UTC