Sale of the ‘Madonna of the Pinks’

The London National Gallery is upset with the Getty Museum for purchasing the painting, feeling it should have been given first chance to keep the work in the United Kingdom instead of it going to the United States. The Getty Museum’s methods of purchasing the work are considered unethical and seem to be just one of many instances of such practices by museums and art collectors in the United States. The United States obtained its other Raphael’s through the London art market, so the purchasing of this painting upset many because of the continuous removal of major art works from British art collections. Nicholas Penny believes that pl

In an attempt to give the National Gallery of time to raise enough money to encourage the owner of the Raphael painting ‘The Madonna of the Pinks’ to sell it to the Gallery, an export bar was placed on the painting for one month with a potential extension to six months by the Minister of State for the Arts. There is more incentive for the owner of the painting to sell the painting to the National Gallery since the owner would receive more for the painting in the United Kingdom after taxes were collected than would be received by selling it outside of the United Kingdom. An auction house in London determined that the National Gallery would need to raise £29 million.

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The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art believes that every effort should be made to raise enough money to purchase ‘The Madonna of the Pinks’ and recommended that a seven month block be put in place to keep the painting from being sold abroad. The painting is highly regarded among other privately collected works in the United Kingdom. To sell the painting abroad, the Duke of Northumberland needs an export license. If the license is to be refused, the money to buy the painting must be raised. The Northumberland estate trustees are selling the painting to help with preservation and maintenance costs for such things as the Alnwick Castle and the private art collection of Northumberland, which is displayed at Alnwick Castle. Rais

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