Mellon did not rescue any works of art. If he were rescuing them he would have stipulated that they be returned to the place he got them upon the end of the Soviet Union. He did not. Instead he paid little to a tyrannical brute and used them to open a museum thus rescuing his fortune from taxation. Fact is that those items belong to the Russian people NOT the Natl Gallery.
You need to find out thpse facts before you spout off trivial BS.
“Mellon did not rescue any works of art.”
Road apples.
“If he were rescuing them he would have stipulated that they be returned to the place he got them upon the end of the Soviet Union.”
Road apples.
“Instead he paid little to a tyrannical brute and used them to open a museum”
He got them out of the hands of a tyrannical brute and donated them to one of the world’s premier museums, where they are properly cared for.
“thus rescuing his fortune from taxation.”
To quote Wilde, “Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.”
“Fact is that those items belong to the Russian people NOT the Natl Gallery.”
Road apples.
“You need to find out thpse facts before you spout off trivial BS.”
Facts? Bilgewater. You have a strong and risibly erroneous opinion on this subject. That doesn’t fall in the category of “facts.”