Qatar Royals paid £158.4m for Paul Cezanne painting Cezanne's other four pieces are housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée d'Orsay, the Courtauld, and the Barnes Foundation. Qatar's oil-rich royals bought the painting secretly last year, but details are only emerging now as art experts descend on Doha for an exhibition. Victor Wiener, the fine-art appraiser called in by Lloyd's of London, told Vanity Fair the figure was a "fortune" but praised the artwork's significance. He said: "You take any art-history course, and a Card Players is likely in it. It's a major, major image. For months its sale has been rumoured. Now, everyone will use this price as a point of departure: it changes the whole art-market structure. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's 'The Card Players', which depicts four men, is believed to be the first in the series. Next came a larger version, which includes a small child, which is displayed at the Barnes Foundation in Pennsylvania, USA. Cezanne's final three only featured two card players with the Qatari royal family buying their new art jewel from Greek shipping magnate George Embiricos, who died last year.