Word: galdiano
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...Goya's paintings in the current exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts is to be regretted but not condemned. There is really more than enough for two or three visits in this huge collection of drawings, 129 of which are from the Prado and Lazaro Galdiano Museums in Madrid, and the rest from the rich local resources...
...Lazaro Galdiano was a 13-year-old in his native village of Beiré, Spain, when he bought his first work of art-a terra cotta angel's head that cost less than a dime. Within a few hours, his rambunctious kid brother had smashed the piece for a joke. Jose, the son of a broke nobleman, found money hard to come by, but when he got his hands on cash he spent it on art. Through the years he became a professional art dealer and a multimillionaire, filled a palatial, 34-room house in Madrid with treasures. Last...
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