Sentences with phrase «valuable painting»

Of the billions of paintings in the world, the Mona Lisa, a portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most valuable paintings in the world, priced at nearly $ 800 million in 2017.

In 1962 (445 years later) the painting was appraised for a staggering $ 100 million dollars, without a doubt the most valuable painting in the world at the time.

But Oldman also engages in his own deception, conspiring with a friend (Donald Sutherland) to procure the most obscure and valuable paintings for his private collection.

Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon), a representative for Mussolini, gives valuable paintings to millionaires, one of whom is one Grey Mathers (Philip Baker Hall), in return for their support of the Italian war effort.

The ambiance of the Grandhotel is characterized by valuable paintings, antique furnishings, noble fabrics and carpets a successful combination of the traditional and the modern.See for yourself Enjoy a grandhotel par excellence, based on values, service, hospitality and high quality.

When Art Miami New York opens its doors on May 14, 2015, it will break the fair production company's record for most valuable painting offered at the Art Miami art fairs.

The Picture Gallery adjoining contains the Bryan Gallery of Christian Art, and many other valuable paintings.

For a list of the most valuable paintings sold at auction or by private treaty, see: Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings

The offering makes it the most valuable painting in the history of Art Miami, according to the art fair.

Chicago Park District employees discovered a mother lode of valuable paintings, photographs, sketches and documents — some from the late 1800s

According to organisers, it will aim to bring British artists and dancers together to celebrate some of the most valuable paintings in the National Gallery's collection.

Synopsis: A corporate recruiter (Aksel Hennie), who moonlights as an art thief, plans to steal a valuable painting from the perfect candidate (Nikolaj Coster... [MORE]

The over-hyped, pretentious modern art scene in London is satirized in this dark ensemble comedy about the double dealings and calculated relationships encircling the effort to get an aging collector to part with a valuable painting.

Gustave is wrongly accused of murdering a wealthy hotel resident he had a relationship with after her family finds - out that she left him a valuable painting in her will.

It's got a loopy plot involving murder, a valuable painting bequeathed in a will, a prison escape, and the undying loyalty of a lobby boy called Zero (Tony Revolori) to his hotel concierge mentor Monsieur Gustave (Fiennes).

The Philip Martin - helmed film follows Travolta as an incarcerated former art prodigy and petty thief who must steal a valuable painting to get out of jail early and reunite with his gravely ill son (Sheridan).

Provo City School District's most valuable painting has been found.

In This is How It Begins, Ludka Zeilonka, art history professor and survivor of the World War II Nazi invasion of Poland, rescued a valuable painting from certain theft or destruction at the hands of the Germans.

As Ludka's influential family defends Tommy under increasingly vicious conditions, a stranger with connections to her past shows up and threatens to expose her for illegally hoarding a valuable painting presumed stolen by the Nazis.

In other words, you can't give a valuable painting to your cousin before you file in order to avoid having to sell it to repay your creditors.

Cynics said Zwirner's high - profile Murillo show was a way to hang a shingle for his valuable paintings that also precluded critics from writing about them.

Von Nostitz reports a similar episode, in which an inspector used a box cutter to slice through a valuable painting from Mexico.

REPOSITORY OF VALUABLE ART Art museums are home to the vast majority of the world's most valuable paintings, sculptures and artifacts.

Being home to the vast majority of the world's most valuable paintings, sculptures, and artifacts, art museums are a chest of knowledge, providing a unique chance to navigate through the history of creative expression throughout the ages.

In November 2008, a Suprematist - style painting by Malevich became the most valuable painting by a Russian ever sold at auction.

The two most valuable paintings — a 1948 Picasso portrait and 1946 Matisse still life, both bought by the Goldwyns soon after they were painted — will come up for bids on May 5 in Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern art evening sale.

The philanthropist turns 100 years old on Dec. 8 and on the occasion donates the (very) valuable painting to the museum / frankrumpenhorst

This may be needed to pay estate taxes for heirs, or to make an estate «even» for each heir, as some assets can not be split up easily (like a valuable painting, jewelry or antiques).

You might want to consider higher limits (and thus higher prices) if you own antiques or valuable paintings, jewerly or anything else of high value.