Word: principessa
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Cases like these underline the fact that art authentication is a high-stakes game. Da Vinci's portrait has been renamed La Bella Principessa, and its estimated value has been adjusted to about $160 million - a price tag that could result in an unimaginable profit for Peter Silverman, the painting's owner, who acquired it for about...
Could it be that she is spoiled herself? Definitely not. It's true that I sometimes refer to her as the principessa when we're traveling in Italy, but as I've explained before, I do that mainly because I find that it improves the service at the hotel. The people at the front desk tend to snap to when I say something like, "The bathtub drain in our room is a bit slow for the principessa's taste," or, even more often, "The principessa has asked me to inquire about whether this hotel might have a down pillow...