The Duke of Devonshire sold the work to benefit the long-term future of Chatsworth estate
A Raphael for a castle
Raffaello, Testa di Giovane Apostolo, c.1519
E. Bramati
18/03/2014
According to a report of British Arts Council, the United Kingdom lost works of art worth more than £103 million (around €123 million) between 2012 and 2013.
Despite their efforts, many important masterpieces left the country due to the lack of sufficient funds for their conservation.
Among the works, besides a Picasso coming from the National Gallery and a Flemish manuscript bought by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, there is also a sketch by Raphael.
The "Head of Young Apostle" belonged to the Duke of Devonshire, who sold it for more than £30 million in order to "benefit the long-term future" of Chatsworth estate.
It is a study created in 1519 for one of the figures in Raphael's Transfiguration in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, and it has been in Britain for more than 300 years. It was sold at Sotheby's, breaking the auction record for a work on paper.
The Government's Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest succeeded in saving, among others, a painting by Pietro Lorenzetti, a 14th century Italian painter, which was estimated more than £5 million.
Despite their efforts, many important masterpieces left the country due to the lack of sufficient funds for their conservation.
Among the works, besides a Picasso coming from the National Gallery and a Flemish manuscript bought by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, there is also a sketch by Raphael.
The "Head of Young Apostle" belonged to the Duke of Devonshire, who sold it for more than £30 million in order to "benefit the long-term future" of Chatsworth estate.
It is a study created in 1519 for one of the figures in Raphael's Transfiguration in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, and it has been in Britain for more than 300 years. It was sold at Sotheby's, breaking the auction record for a work on paper.
The Government's Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest succeeded in saving, among others, a painting by Pietro Lorenzetti, a 14th century Italian painter, which was estimated more than £5 million.
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