You Could Have Seen The Mona Lisa

Jun 4, 2021

0h 6m

★ 0.0

The world's museums are closed. What are you missing?

Overview

The world’s museums are closed. What are you missing?  Take a real-time walk through the Louvre towards the “greatest painting ever” and contemplate what it would be like to be there yourself.

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Documentary

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