Diminishing the painting’s value
Leonie J Galvez
12 July 2011
Re: Truth about Urduja painting
I’m entertaining a second thought why the Princess Urduja portrait is being sold by the original owner? With its size and age, it could be considered an heirloom. As floated around, is it really the wish of the family matriarch to dispose of it? Unbelievable!
Peddling such an icon diminishes its value. It’s not a piece of real estate that could be offered to the moneyed public for the right price. By this time, the province that has been talked to as the ‘willing’ buyer should go slow. Whatever the price — is it 600,00 moolah — my unequivocal stand is still unchanged.
Why should a portrait of a non-existent princess — a myth for others — adorn the official residence of the provincial chief executive? What guarantee that the next administration will preserve it? It might find its right place in the ground floor of the Urduja building. Who knows?
A prized-possession especially art, jewelries and etc have sentimental value. These are not offered or marketed for cash or exchange for other items. They are not only kept for posterity sake but serve as memento of the past. They are continuously passed on from generation to generation as reminders of their clan’s closeness.
Will the sale of the Princess Urduja portrait have a lasting ending or invite further controversies?
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