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Louvre blockbuster spotlights Leonardo da Vinci's 500 years. Leonardo da Vinci is the star in a blockbuster retrospective opening on 24 October at the Louvre museum in Paris to mark 500 years since the death of the Renaissance master.

The exhibition curated by the Louvre's Vincent Delieuvin and Louis Frank, the heads of the museum's painting and graphic arts departments, includes infrared reflectographs that offer an insight into the master painter's techniques.

In this file photograph taken on 7 October 2019, visitors take photographs in front of The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) after it was returned at its place at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
In this file photograph taken on 7 October 2019, visitors take photographs in front of The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) after it was returned at its place at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
In this file photograph taken on 15 April 2019, a visitor views the `Portrait of a man in red chalk` (circa 1510), widely accepted as a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, during the exhibition `Leonardo da Vinci. Photo: AFP
In this file photograph taken on 15 April 2019, a visitor views the `Portrait of a man in red chalk` (circa 1510), widely accepted as a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, during the exhibition `Leonardo da Vinci. Photo: AFP
In this file photo taken on 22 October 2017 Christie`s employees pose in front of a painting entitled Salvator Mundi by Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci at a photocall at Christie`s auction house in central London ahead of its sale at Christie`s New York on 15 November 2017. Photo: AFP
In this file photo taken on 22 October 2017 Christie`s employees pose in front of a painting entitled Salvator Mundi by Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci at a photocall at Christie`s auction house in central London ahead of its sale at Christie`s New York on 15 November 2017. Photo: AFP
This file photograph taken on 7 October 2019, shows The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) after it was returned to its place at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
This file photograph taken on 7 October 2019, shows The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) after it was returned to its place at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person looks at an oil on wood painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Portrait of a Musician `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person looks at an oil on wood painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Portrait of a Musician `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person looks at a painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` La belle ferronniere ` also known as Portrait of an Unknown Woman, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person looks at a painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` La belle ferronniere ` also known as Portrait of an Unknown Woman, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person looks at a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci`s `The virgin with the child` called `Madone benois -1519 `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person looks at a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci`s `The virgin with the child` called `Madone benois -1519 `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A woman looks at an oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A woman looks at an oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
This picture taken on 23 October 2019 shows the Leonardo Da Vinci`s technical drawings with ` flying machine designs ` also known as the Aerial Screw, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
This picture taken on 23 October 2019 shows the Leonardo Da Vinci`s technical drawings with ` flying machine designs ` also known as the Aerial Screw, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
Two persaon looks at a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Portrait d`Isabelle d`Este`, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
Two persaon looks at a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Portrait d`Isabelle d`Este`, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
This picture taken on 23 October 2019 shows a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Proportions of the Face and Eye`, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
This picture taken on 23 October 2019 shows a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Proportions of the Face and Eye`, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A woman looks at a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` The Virgin, the Child Jesus with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptis `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A woman looks at a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` The Virgin, the Child Jesus with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptis `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person take a picture with mobile phone at a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Study for the Virgin’s mantle`, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person take a picture with mobile phone at a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Study for the Virgin’s mantle`, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person take a picture with mobile phone at an oil on wood painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` The Head of a Woman—also known as La Scapigliata `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person take a picture with mobile phone at an oil on wood painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` The Head of a Woman—also known as La Scapigliata `, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person looks at a painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Leda and the Swan ` during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A person looks at a painting by Leonardo da Vinci`s ` Leda and the Swan ` during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A man looks at the ` Vitruvian Man ` the famous annotated drawing, made around 1490 with pen, ink and wash on paper, by Leonardo da Vinci`s, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
A man looks at the ` Vitruvian Man ` the famous annotated drawing, made around 1490 with pen, ink and wash on paper, by Leonardo da Vinci`s, during the opening of the exhibition ` Leonardo da Vinci `, on 22 October 2019 at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
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