FAMOUS PICTURES
NATIONAL GALLERY ACQUISITION. PURCHASE PRICE £212,000. (Australian Press Association.) (Received 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, June 12, The National Gallery has. acquired two of the most famous, pictures in private possession in Britain, namely, the “Wilton Diptych” and the Titian “Venetian Family Group Before the Altar,” known as the. “Cornaro” (Venetian Family) Titian, The “Walton Diptych,” which is an outstanding example of the early British School in the .time of Richard the Second, was purchased from the Earl of Pembroke for £90,000, Mr Samuel Courtauld subscribing £20,000, Lord Rothermere £IO,OOO, other donors £ld,ooo and the Government £46,000.
The Titian was purchased from the Duke of Northumberland for £122,000 of which Mr Courtauld subscribed £20,000 and Sir Joseph Dttveen £16,000, the Government subscribing half the cost, in accordance with the agreement announced in (the House of Commons iu .1022.
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Northern Advocate, 13 June 1929, Page 5
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