Raphael to Getty, Lorenzetti to Met

The Getty Museum has purchased an important early Raphael, the Madonna of the Pinks, from the Duke of Northumberland for a price reportedly just under $50M. London's National Gallery, where the painting has hung in recent years, has launched an appeal for matching funds to preempt the sale.
The Metropolitan Museum has purchased a gold-ground panel by Pietro Lorenzetti from Wildenstein, who had owned it for several decades.

Posted by David on November 7, 2002 11:19 AM