A treasure-trove art collection may see the light of day for the first time.
The really powerful families that run this world operate in the shadows. The ‘leaders’ that run around in the spotlight are no more than puppets for the Planet’s overlords.
Among the richest, powerful, and mysterious families in the West lie the Rothschilds: international bankers and power brokers for centuries.
Now, two widows from the family have an ongoing dispute over one of Europe’s most valuable and secretive art collections.
You want to know just how powerful they are?
The Telegraph reported:
“The vast trove of masterpieces that form part of the Rothschild family’s fortune has been locked away for decades behind armored doors within the Château de Pregny. But now, it is at the center of a bitter feud and legal battle between Nadine de Rothschild, 93, and her daughter-in-law, Ariane de Rothschild, the current baroness, and her four granddaughters.”
The lawsuits will resolve the question: will the collection remain in the 19th-century château near Geneva, as Ariane wants, or in a new museum in the Swiss city, as demanded by Nadine.
“Visitors to the château, and heritage experts, say it is replete with Old Master paintings, Renaissance objects and royal furniture worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
Works attributed to Goya, Rembrandt, El Greco and François Boucher hang alongside paintings by Hubert Robert, rare 18th-century French furniture and a raft of Renaissance artefacts. One visitor described it as a ‘mini-Louvre’.”
Nadine says her late husband Edmond left her a substantial share of the collection, but Ariane, widow of Benjamin Rothschild, insists the collection must remain intact and inside the château, preserving it for posterity.
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