Louvre gets space for touch-up amid public closure for pandemic Updated: 2021-03-02 08:30 CLOSE Workers handle a bust of Charles Le Brun by French sculptor Antoine Coysevox in the Louvre in Paris on Feb 17. The museum gets a rare opportunity to refurbish due to the pandemic. [Photo/Agencies] PARIS - The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: Almost four months with no Louvre visitors. As she stares out through bulletproof glass into the silent Salle des Etats, in what was once the world's most-visited museum, her celebrated smile could almost denote relief. A bit further on, the white marble Venus de Milo is for once free of her girdle of picture-snapping visitors.