The muse who was allowed to keep the work: Belgian baroness receives record amount for painting by Magritte

Almost 62 million euros. That’s how much a buyer paid for the painting on Wednesday evening The Empire of Lights by Rene Magritte. Until the knock of the hammer, this masterpiece by the Belgian surrealist painter was in the possession of the Belgian Baroness Anne Marie Crowet, Magritte’s muse.

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