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[perdogg]

In case anyone was wondering, the painting in Skyfall is Amedeo Modigliani's Woman with a Fan, it was stolen from Museum of Modern Art in Paris in May of 2010.

According to Judith I Bridgland this was probably a tribute to Dr No since the 1962 Dr No featured Francisco Goya's Portrait of The Duke of Wellington. The painting was stolen in 1961 but returned in 1965.

Edited by perdogg, 27 November 2012 - 05:45 PM.

[Quintin Sayers]

In case anyone was wondering, the painting in Skyfall is Amedeo Modigliani's Woman with a Fan, it was stolen from Museum of Modern Art in Paris in May of 2010.

According to Judith I Bridgland this was probably a tribute to Dr No since the 1962 Dr No featured Francisco Goya's Portrait of The Duke of Wellington. The painting was stolen in 1961 but returned in 1965.

Yes, I guess this is a reference to the stolen Goya in Dr. No.

I liked what they did with the paintings throughout the picture - the symbolism of the ship towed away, then restored seemed to symbolise the nature of the restoration of SIS at the resolution of the film.

[S K Y F A L L]

THX but we read about it months ago when the trailer came out.

Here is the thread; What Séverine is up to in Shanghai.

Pretty interesting story about how it was stolen.