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Louvre Begs for Painting Cash

Public urged to help keep national treasure in France

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 18, 2010 2:59 AM CST

(Newser) – For the first time in its 217-year history, the Louvre is asking the French public to help it buy a painting—and the French aren't happy about. The museum is a million euros short of the 4 million it needs to buy the 16th-century oil...   Read full story »

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