The Court will begin December 15 hearing on the suit of the collection of icons De Bouar

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The court will begin December 15 hearing on the suit of De Bouar collection of icons


MOSCOW, November 24 - rape, Diana Hutsul. Presnensky court of the capital will begin December 15 to consider the merits of collective action on the right to inherit a collection of icons Michael De Bouar, told the agency RAPS /infosud.ru lawyer Cyril Belsky.

Notary after the expiration of six months from the date of the death of De Bouar had to issue a certificate of ownership of the heirs of the deceased - his widow and children, Tatiana, who had three. However, one ex-wives De Bouar, Love Elizavetino, in an unknown direction exported from the exhibition at the Museum "Tsarina" icons from the collection of ex-husband. At this point we know that 75 icons from the collection are in the museum to them. Pushkin, where Elizavetino handed them a gift, still about 62 - in the vaults of a museum, exhibition center "ROSIZO." Location of other works of art installed.

A class action lawsuit against the widow and children of De Bouar the right to inherit a collection of icons has been filed in court last year. According to the widow of the collector, the heirs of the deceased will respect and therefore does not share his collection, and ask for recognition of property rights to it in equal shares. In connection with the enlistment of the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin as a third party Court November 11 decided to review the claim again.

The lawyer said Belsky, on Thursday at the pretrial hearing the court at the request of the representative of one of the applicants identified in a separate case a class action lawsuit Solicitation of unlawful possession of the icon "Crucifixion", which was donated to the National Museum Elizavetino them. Sheptytsky in Lviv. The pre-trial hearing on the new case, the defendant in which stands a museum, scheduled for January 11. Counsel noted that Elizavetino, despite the requirement the court again refused to provide documents to transfer the icon to the museum.

A collection of icons, collected by Michael De Bouar, is one of the largest collections of private iconic in Russia. It is distinguished by high artistic quality and completeness of the historical works of the coverage: it presents as masterpieces XIV-XVII centuries, icons and modern times (XVIII - early XX century). In total, it includes 192 icons, and the value of the entire collection according to the experts today is around 70 million euros.

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