Sentence examples for purchase a portrait from inspiring English sources

Cohen testified that Trump asked him to arrange for a "straw bidder" to purchase a portrait of him up for auction at an ArtHamptons event.

In one case, Cohen says Trump directed him to find a "straw bidder" to purchase a portrait of himself at an auction.

Michael Cohen has claimed Donald Trump directed him to find someone to purchase a portrait of himself at a high society art auction.

Mr Trump directed me to find a straw bidder to purchase a portrait of him that was being auctioned at an Art Hamptons Event.

In 1969, while he was director, the Boston museum purchased a portrait attributed to Raphael that had been illegally smuggled out of Italy.

The Electoral Commission is making inquiries into the £40,000 purchase of a portrait of Margaret Thatcher from a Conservative party auction.

The evening's other major-name purchase was a portrait of Charles II as an 11-year-old Prince of Wales, one of the last works by Anthony Van Dyck.

(In the current art market, it wasn't much: last year the Gallery raised 1.4 million pounds to purchase a contemporary portrait of John Donne).

Mrs. Clinton said she would be "happy to compare what we do with the Trump Foundation," recalling the use of Trump Foundation funds to purchase a large portrait of its namesake.

When, 60 years ago, Los Angeles industrialist Norton Simon purchased a Rembrandt portrait of his young son Titus for the then-staggering price of $2.2 million, it made headlines all over the world.

But for heaven's sake, it's still unquestionably a very rare Botticelli with a rather important history of previous ownership or, as art historians call it, "provenance". When, 60 years ago, Los Angeles industrialist Norton Simon purchased a Rembrandt portrait of his young son Titus for the then-staggering price of $2.2 million, it made headlines all over the world.