06:53 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLondon’s National Gallery is to limit visitor numbers to a major exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci works in an attempt to prevent large crowds detracting from the viewing experience.<\/p>\n
Admissions will be fixed at 180 every half hour – 50 fewer people than the gallery is legally allowed to let in.<\/p>\n
“We’ve looked hard at the problems caused by very popular exhibitions… and decided to take action,” gallery director Nicholas Penny told The Times.<\/p>\n
Advance booking opens on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the gallery said it expected there to be “unprecedented demand” for tickets and advised patrons to book in advance.<\/p>\n
Its decision to reduce the number of admissions, it added, had been “in response to visitors’ comments regarding overcrowding in exhibitions”.<\/p>\n
Longer opening hours and the decision to open the exhibition on 1 January 2012 will add 20% to normal capacity, it said.<\/p>\n
“The message from the National Gallery is to book early… and to come prepared,” its statement reads.<\/p>\n
Masterpiece<\/p>\n
According to the gallery, Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan will bring together “the largest ever number of Leonardo’s rare surviving paintings”.<\/p>\n
The “landmark” exhibition, which includes works never shown in the UK before, runs from 9 November 2011 to 5 February 2012.<\/p>\n
Concentrating on da Vinci’s career as a court painter in Milan in the 1480s and 1490s, it will display more than 60 paintings and drawings by the artist.<\/p>\n
These include his acknowledged masterpiece The Lady with an Ermine, the Belle Ferronniere and the National Gallery’s own recently restored Virgin of the Rocks.<\/p>\n
A full-scale copy of his famous Last Supper, on loan from the Royal Academy, will also be included.<\/p>\n
But speculation that the exhibition might feature the Mona Lisa proved to be unfounded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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