THE FRENCH GUARD THEIR GOYA PAINTINGS.—Goya paintings insured for £l4 million are being shown at a special exhibition in Paris. This photograph shows an armed policeman on duty during the unloading of the most important of the pictures, “La Junta de Pilipinas,” which was painted in 1190 and is insured for £1 million. It was recently reported that gangs in the south of France had stolen scores of paintings worth almost £2 million. Last August, Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington, valued at was stolen from the National Art Gallery, London
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29681, 27 November 1961, Page 15
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92THE FRENCH GUARD THEIR GOYA PAINTINGS.—Goya paintings insured for £l4 million are being shown at a special exhibition in Paris. This photograph shows an armed policeman on duty during the unloading of the most important of the pictures, “La Junta de Pilipinas,” which was painted in 1190 and is insured for £1 million. It was recently reported that gangs in the south of France had stolen scores of paintings worth almost £2 million. Last August, Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington, valued at was stolen from the National Art Gallery, London Press, Volume C, Issue 29681, 27 November 1961, Page 15
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