I am delighted to see the arrival at Louvre Abu Dhabi of Saint John the Baptist, a marvellous masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, which fascinates museum visitors with its intensity and soothing beauty. “This museum, the result of an unprecedented collaboration between the United Arab Emirates and France, has won the hearts and minds of an ever-growing public for five years.ĭes Cars says: "The celebration of this anniversary is a great opportunity for the Louvre to reiterate its pride in working alongside our partners and thus projecting ourselves into the next decade. “Louvre Abu Dhabi is a unique achievement and a tremendous success in the museum world,” says Laurence des Cars, president and director of Louvre Museum. "As we celebrate Louvre Abu Dhabi’s five-year anniversary next month, we must also reflect on how this iconic museum is at the forefront of an unfolding vision for Saadiyat Cultural District - promoting worldwide connections through the universal language of history, culture and the arts.” Visitors to Louvre Abu Dhabi have an unmissable opportunity to engage with a magnificent artwork that captures an extraordinary moment in history and now represents a monumental chapter in our own grand story. Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of Louvre Abu Dhabi, says: “The arrival of this renowned masterpiece from Musee du Louvre demonstrates the unique and profound nature of our long-term collaboration. It is only possible through the strong relationship and trust between the two museums.” “It is significant that we are celebrating the fifth anniversary with another exquisite painting by the great master of the Renaissance. “ La Belle Ferronniere actually was the first birthday gift that we had from the Louvre,” Rabate says. Leonardo da Vinci's painting will be on display in Abu Dhabi for two years. The painting was on display at Louvre Abu Dhabi for two years. The Tuscan master’s Portrait of an Unknown Woman, also known as La Belle Ferronniere, was loaned by the Louvre to its Abu Dhabi sibling to mark its opening in 2017. Saint John the Baptist, Rabate says, is one of Leonardo's landmark paintings - but it isn’t the first to be shown at Louvre Abu Dhabi.
It is a beautiful painting and an important loan." Indeed, it is a gift for the fifth anniversary organised with the help and support of the Louvre. These kind of moments in museum life are quite touching and important. “We just saw da Vinci’s wonderful painting unhanged and prepared for a trip to Abu Dhabi. “I have to say I’m quite moved,” Manuel Rabate, director of Louvre Abu Dhabi, says in Paris. It will be on show from November 8, which coincides with the museum's anniversary four days earlier. The painting will be loaned by the Louvre Museum in Paris and go on display in the permanent galleries of Louvre Abu Dhabi for two years. Workers unlatched the two cords from which the painting was suspended and carefully set it on a trolley, wheeling the smiling saint out of the Grande Gallery, where several Renaissance masterpieces, including three other Leonardo paintings, are hung. The National witnessed the unhanging of Saint John the Baptist on Tuesday, before it began its journey from Paris to the UAE. One of Leonardo da Vinci’s last paintings and a prime example of his genius is coming to Louvre Abu Dhabi as part of the museum’s fifth anniversary celebrations.
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