The Lock Painting by John Constable Sold for $34.2 Million

Art lovers should take a look at this. One of the works of John Constable, The Lock, which measures 56 x 47 inches (142.2 x 120.7 cm) and oil painted on canvas sold for £ 22,441,250 ($ 34,200,000) at an auction in The Christie in London this week by an anonymous buyer.
The painting depicts rural life in Suffolk, eastern England, and officially ended in 1824. It is known as the fifth in a series of six paintings famous department Constable Stour Valley exhibiting between 1819 and 1825. The exorbitant price is actually the first name of English artist, but by far the most intriguing fact about the sale was the family drama behind the sale of high class art.

The main character behind the sale, Carmen, Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza, now 69, says he is suffering "liquidity problems", a victim of the economic crisis in Spain and that is why the auction has been organized by the paint located in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.

As a bit of history of painting, it is noteworthy that the lock was bought in 1824 at the Royal Academy exhibition of James Morrison, the son of an innkeeper, who became one of the richest British merchants in the century 19 and an avid collector of antiques and modern pieces. Until 1990, the embargo remains in the possession of the descendants of Morrison.

The legendary lady is the wife of Swiss industrialist Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen fifth-Bornemisza and is a former Miss Spain. The Baron died in 2002 and left a private art collection big back - lock was gone. Most of the collection was sold to Spain, but, fortunately, some 250 works still belong to the Baroness. They were loaned to the country during the past 13 years, free of charge.

The sale is also considered a thing of malice and contempt by a member of the family of a member of the Baroness and address of the museum, the latter resigned. The individual, Sir Norman Rosenthal, former exhibitions director at the Royal Academy in London, considered the act "a moral outrage from all stakeholders, especially Tita" - the nickname is Tita used to the baroness.

In addition, the stepdaughter of Baroness Francesca von Habsburg, and an additional member of the board of the museum, said of the sale: "The Baroness has shown no respect for my father and is just putting their own financial needs above all . "