Angelina Jolie sells Brad Pitt's gift for record figures: This painting from Winston Churchill

Angelina Jolie sold the gift Brad Pitt record numbers years ago; a rare painting by Winston Churchill.

Pitt bought the painting for $2.95 million in 2011, while today Jolie managed to sell it for $11.5 million during an auction in London. Churchill's painting was donated to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II. The work called “Tower of Coutoubia Mosque” dominates the warm tones of a sunset in Morocco - Churchill's favorite subject - to paint.

For the first time, Churchill visited Morocco in 1935 and fell in love with the quality of light there. He felt his paintings from that place were the best. ”- said Nick Orchard, head of Britain's modern art at Christie, the place where the auction was held.

It is not yet known why Angelina decided to sell her former husband's symbolic gift, but considering the figure, we can say without fear Brad knows what she does! Sources close to the doubles say the former couple were always interested in Churchill's work and that during a private tour, they visited the underground areas where Churchill lived and worked during World War II.

The fact that it was sold at a staggering value ($11.5 million) more than the painting speaks of traveling this work. Created by Churchill, given to former president of America Franklin D. Roosevelt to hide later in the home of one of Hollywood's most famous couples.

Churchill followed his passion for the painting in the late 40s, following a failed naval attack during World War I, which cost him the title “First Lord of the Admiralty”. Despite this, he succeeded in creating more than 500 works throughout his life.

Source Layer: CNN