>Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr is trying to come up with ways to plug the city's estimated $18.5 billion debt problem.
So this week, he announced he had engaged Christie's to appraise the city's art collection.
The move has generated controversy — both from those who say the collection should remain untouchable, and from camps who believe the city should never have owned the works in the first place.
Unusual among major cities, Detroit owns the entire collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The Detroit Free Press reached out to art dealers in May to provide a rough estimate of the collection's overall value. The group came up with a final tally of at least $2.5 billion.
We wanted to dig into the collection to get a better sense of what the city could end up losing.
"Visitation" by Rembrandt (1640). Produced in Rembrandt's prime, this painting is actually quite small, which makes its detail even more stunning.
"Mary And Child With Angels" by Fra Angelico (~1425). Fra Angelico helped kick off the Renaissance with enigmatic depictions of classic religious subjects.
"Self-Portrait" by Vincent Van Gogh (1887). Van Gogh painted this self-portrait just a few years before he committed suicide — and you can tell.
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