"The lawsuits centre on the family's extensive collection of furniture, priceless historic objects and paintings held at the baronial domain, the Chateau de Pregny in Switzerland, which one visitor described as a mini Louvre. The Rothschild family maintains a code of silence over the exact contents of the chateau overlooking Lake Geneva where photographers and nosy visitors are banned but they reportedly include treasures including Louis XVI furniture and works by Goya, Rembrandt, Fragonard, El Greco and Boucher."
"Nadine claims that her husband, who died in 1997, bequeathed her a substantial part of this collection, which she wants to put in a new museum in Geneva, dedicated to displaying the collection of the Edmond and Nadine de Rothschild Foundation she has created. Ariane who was married to Edmond and Nadine's only child, Benjamin, who died in 2021 insists the collection must remain intact and in the chateau."
"In court documents, Ariane, 60, has accused the elder baroness of being influenced by her advisers, drawing a parallel with the late L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. In 2011, Bettencourt's daughter sought to have her declared of unsound mind after she lavished an estimated 1bn in gifts on a young photographer friend."
Nadine de Rothschild and Ariane de Rothschild are engaged in a bitter legal dispute over a multibillion-euro art and antiques collection housed at Château de Pregny in Switzerland. The collection reportedly includes Louis XVI furniture and works by Goya, Rembrandt, Fragonard, El Greco and Boucher. Nadine says Edmond de Rothschild bequeathed her a substantial part of the collection and seeks to establish a new museum in Geneva under the Edmond and Nadine de Rothschild Foundation. Ariane insists the collection must remain intact and housed at the chateau. Court filings accuse Nadine of being influenced by advisers and reference the Liliane Bettencourt case. The family enforces strict secrecy about the chateau's contents and bans photographers and visitors.
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