The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is trying to sell Thomas Eakins’s portrait of Msgr. Patrick J. Garvey, from 1902. But the family of Monsignor Garvey says the church does not own it and wants it back.
PENNSYLVANIA---The family of Msgr. Patrick J. Garvey, a Catholic priest who was once friendly with the realist painter Thomas Eakins, is trying to block the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from selling a valuable Eakins portrait of the monsignor through the auction house Christie’s. “We have no intent to sell,” said Robert E. Goldman, a lawyer for Monsignor Garvey’s family. “We simply seek to preserve and safeguard the painting, so it can be displayed in a place that honors his memory.” [link]
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