Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1914 — Bids $500,000 for Painting [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Bids $500,000 for Painting

Henry C. Frick Is Reported to Have Made Offer for Velasquez’s “Pope Innocent X.” Rome. —Henry C. Frick is reported to have made an offer of $500,000, which he is said to be prepared to increase to >600,000, for Velasquez’s

"Pope Innocent X,” the most famous picture in Rome. The owner. Prince Alfonso Doria-Pamphili, has refused to consider the offer.

Henry. C. Frick.