Nikos Engonopoulos' portrait of the poet Constantine P. Cavafy that was recently sold for 88,500 euros at an auction, now belongs to the Onassis Foundation. The portrait by Greece's famous surrealist painter, follows a technique characteristic of the Byzantine period. This was the painting that undoubtedly boosted the fever of the auction which according to estimates was expected to ...
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