January 29, 2003
Rubens' Massacre of The Innocents on display
From Sky News:
One of the world's most expensive paintings will go on display in a public gallery this week for the first time in its eventful 400-year history.Lest the article leave you under the impression that the painting's claim to fame is its price, I should also note that it is a magnificent work."The Massacre of the Innocents" by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens will hang at London's National Gallery from Thursday.
The picture belongs to David Thomson, billionaire chairman of the Thomson newspaper empire, who bought it at Sotheby's auction house last year for £49.5 million - a world record price in sterling.
He has loaned it to the gallery for three years, after which it will be housed at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada.
Posted by David on January 29, 2003 1:40 PM
Comments
Where does one keep a Ruben"s for 400 hundreds years. In cold storge. It sure look like it had been well cared for.
Posted by: Tricia on July 29, 2004 10:43 PM
I had the privilege to see this at the National Gallery this afternoon. It is, indeed, magnificent (and brutally powerful, too).
Posted by: *** Dave on November 16, 2004 5:39 PM
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