The Mona Lisa has a rich and interesting history. King Francis I acquired the portrait from one of the painter's heirs. It was hung in royal palaces in Fontainebleau and Versailles until it was placed in the new Museum Central des Arts in the Louvre. When Napoleon Bonaparte came to power, he ordered that the painting be removed from the Louvre, and hung on the wall of his bedroom. For the next four years, the Mona Lisa remained in Bonaparte’s luxurious bedroom in the Tuileries Palace, but it was returned to the museum in 1804. It remains on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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