The grandson of Romania’s last legitimate king wants Christie’s to give him a $9 million painting by a Spanish Renaissance master he claims was stolen from the family by a disgraced, Nazi-collaborating uncle.
Paul Philippe of Romania, who fought for decades to be recognized as a rightful heir to the country’s former monarchy and uses the title Prince Paul, laid out the sordid tale of his Uncle Michael’s alleged royal subterfuge in a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit against the famed auction house.
Christie’s was set this month to sell El Greco’s painting Saint Sébastien, which was painted between 1610 and 1614, but pulled the piece after the Romanian government tried to stake a claim to the painting, according to reports and court papers.
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