"Now, a Madrid court has ruled that Fernando Ramírez de Haro, 10th Marquess of Villanueva del Duero and husband of Esperanza Aguirre, Spain's former minister of education and culture and a leader in the conservative Popular Party, must pay his brother, author and playwright Íñigo Ramirez de Haro, Marquis de Cazaza in Africa, 853,732 euros ($992,420) from the proceeds of the sale of the Portrait of Valentín Belvís de Moncada, according to ."
"Íñigo told El Mundoin 2019 that there was debate over the attribution of the painting and that their father believed it to be worth no more than 10,000 euros when he left it to his older brother. Disagreeing about the work's authenticity, the family called in a Goya expert, former Prado Museum curator Manuela Mena, who certified the painting as authentic. Facing debts, Fernando sold the painting to Villar Mir in 2012."
Portrait of Valentín Belvís de Moncada, painted circa 1795–1800 by Francisco de Goya, became the focus of a dispute between brothers Fernando and Íñigo Ramírez de Haro. Fernando inherited the nearly seven-foot painting from their father Ignacio Ramírez de Haro y Pérez de Guzmán after his 2010 death. The family debated authenticity and consulted former Prado curator Manuela Mena, who certified the work as authentic. Fernando sold the canvas to Juan Miguel Villar Mir in 2012 for 5.8 million euros amid family debts. The painting first appeared publicly at the 2015 "Goya: The Portraits" exhibition in London.
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