CANADA MAY BUY TINTORETTO
f JI I I (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, December 9. The Toronto Art-Gallery, is trying to riise enough money by public subscription to btiy Tintoretto’s picture of Christ washing His disciples’, feet, painted early in the’ 1550’5. The painting is in the possession of Agnew’s, London art dealers. It is understood the purchase price is about £35,000. The picture conies from the collection of Lord Farnham,; by whose family it has been held for more than a hundred years. The Toronto gallery has an Option until February to buy .the painting. It is going there shortly and will be exhibited as part of the campaign to raise funds.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28766, 11 December 1958, Page 14
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