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Word: danos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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While traveling in Europe last July, Bargain Hunter Heil dropped in at a tourist art shop in Florence, asked the proprietress if she had "anything old" on hand. She opened a drawer, pulled out a wooden panel containing a portrait of 16th Century Venetian Doge Leonardo Lore-dano, observed that she had long thought it might be the work of the great Venetian painter, Gentile Bellini. Heil took a sharp look, decided she was probably right and closed the sale on the spot. Later, Italian experts confirmed his verdict, and he shipped the picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Bargain Finder | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

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