RUBENS’S MAGI
Atmosphere Correct
(Special Crspdt. N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, June 30. When art experts feared that Rubens’s Adoration of the Magi, which is painted directly on wood and is worth £275,000, might be damaged by the dry atmosphere of King’s College, Cambridge, scientists were called in to test the atmosphere. They were from the building research station at Watford, in Hertfordshire, and they spent a year investigating. They found that moisture from the breath of visitors, and the heating system, keeps the temperature constant.
During the summer months, when hundreds of people visit the chapel, they found that 15 tons of moisture were breathed into the atmosphere. They decided that the air would remain sufficiently humid for the painting not to be damaged. The Magi was bought by a London businessman. Major Alfred Allnatt, three years ago and given to King’s College on condition that it be shown in the chapel It hangs above the altar.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30481, 1 July 1964, Page 15
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