Russian pop icon Alla Pugacheva was caught with $20 million price of antiques. Among the many historic objects are works by Rembrandt and Leonardo da Vinci. The singer tried to move them overseas. In line with specialists, Pugacheva’s assortment consists of museum reveals from the XVI-XVII centuries, which could be put up for public sale, the place the value of simply one of many work – Domenico Puligo’s “Madonna and Baby with Two Angels” – begins at a million {dollars}, reported on 10 October “Komsomolskaya Pravda”.
Final yr, when the star got here to Russia, her representatives compiled a listing of vintage objects. Paperwork embody a Nineteenth century French chandelier, a Nineteenth century fruit stand, Sixteenth-Nineteenth century sculptures and work. It was deliberate that each one of them can be transported from Sheremetyevo airport, however the representatives of the star didn’t present all of the paperwork to the customs they usually had been refused transport.
In March of this yr, the Russian Prosecutor’s Workplace requested the nation’s Ministry of Justice to declare Alla Pugacheva a “overseas agent” after she criticized the battle in Ukraine. Firstly of the battle in February 2022, Pugacheva and her husband Maxim Galkin flew to Israel, the place the household owns an costly property. After Galkin publicly condemned the Russian particular operation, he was declared a “overseas agent”, and Russian companies started to research the singer on expenses of discrediting the Russian military.
As a producer aware of the scenario advised the KP.RU web site: “International agent Galkin got here up with a pastime for himself – he constructed a citadel, so he determined to stuff it with antiques, imagining himself a collector. He and his spouse purchased work, jewellery, doorways, lamps, chests of drawers, and so on. at auctions. Usually at inflated costs. Usually these that don’t truly characterize creative worth. Now specialists who’ve studied the listing of their assortment say that there are not any excellent, museum artworks there. There are costly outdated work, collectible figurines, and so on. There are lots of them. For birthdays and anniversaries, buddies gave them one thing for the gathering. Pugacheva and Galkin* have lots of issues, chaotically purchased at auctions at inflated costs for amateurs. Final yr, they determined to export a part of the gathering. In line with the regulation, it’s forbidden to export from the nation with out particular permits: firstly, antiques created greater than 100 years in the past, secondly, objects which are of great worth, categorized as cultural heritage websites, and included in particular registers. To export, it’s essential to order an examination and perform customs declaration. All this was achieved in 2023, however customs rejected the gathering – a number of the historic reveals didn’t have the mandatory export permits.” What did they wish to export? Many works of portray, barely fewer – works of ornamental and utilized artwork.
– Books within the quantity of 118 items of recent editions by completely different authors.
– Seven sculptures. Amongst them – 4 sculptures from 1889, France, by Jean Baptiste Gustave Deloy. And three fashionable ones – “Seated Minotaur” (2022, Russia, E. Pylnikova), “Bull Hunt”, “Lion Hunt” (2018, Russia, A. Krasov and A. Kryukov).
– Two tables from Artem Stepanyan’s workshop, 2019. Supplies – wooden, gilding.
– A set of two fruit vases – bronchus, crystal, decorative stones, gilding, silvering, blackening, casting, embossing, inlay, portray. 1840 – 1842, France.
– Two chandeliers. Nineteenth century. France.
– A mirror within the Neo-Renaissance fashion (bronze, casting, embossing, engraving, gilding). Ferdinand Barbedienne manufacturing facility, sculptors Albert Ernest Service-Belleuse and Louis-Fixed Seven.
– Two consoles – “Triton” and “Pan” (wooden, stone, carpentry, wooden carving, stone carving, tinting, varnish). Mid-18th century, Italy, Venice.
– Pair of mahogany consoles with a Medici ring. Mid-Nineteenth century, Western Europe.
– Two desk decorations. Pair of candelabra. Nineteenth century. France.
– Image frames. 8 items. Nineteenth century, twentieth century. Italy, Western Europe.
– Work. 21 items. The oldest canvas on this assortment is dated within the stock as follows – 1520s, Italy. Domenico Puligo “Madonna and Baby with Two Angels”, wooden, oil, 72.5 x 51.7 cm, in a body 101.5 x 80.1 x 8 cm. At auctions, work by this Italian Renaissance artist had been bought at a median worth of three million rubles. The price of this portray could also be larger.
Illustration: Domenico Puligo, “Madonna and Baby with Two Angels”
