Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

L'Ouest-Éclair - April 05, 1925

Vénus et Adonis par le TitienA TITIAN PAINTING PAID 19 MILLION FRANCSLOuest Éclair 1925 04 05 Venus and Adonis, a painting by Titian, paid 19 million

LONDON, April 4. A painting by Titian, depicting Venus and Adonis, has just been purchased in London from Earl Spencer by an American collector from Philadelphia, Joseph Widerer, for the price of 1 million dollars, or more than 19 million francs.
Mr. Widerer, who owns one of the finest collections of paintings in the world, will leave his precious riches to the City of Philadelphia in his will.

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