Word: grimaldi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...search was not easy. Some villages balked at surrendering the one treasure that for generations had been the pride of their lives, others in the mountains worried about how their treasures would survive the rough roads. To borrow an altarpiece done by Nice's Louis Brea for Jean Grimaldi in 1500, Thirion had to get permission from both the Bishop of Monaco and the present Grimaldi, Prince Rainier. To get any work in France meant soliciting first the government in Paris, then the local bishop, priest and mayor. Fortunately, the exhibition coincided with the 100th anniversary of Nice...