Never Mind the [Pounds]100m Tag - These Titians Are Priceless
Evening Standard - London › September 04, 2008
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In his first interview since launching the campaign, National Gallery director Nicholas Penny explains why two masterpieces should be saved for the nation
IT WILL be tough. But I believe we can do it. And I'm determined we shall." Nicholas Penny, director of the National Gallery, is in steely, fighting form. Anyone who has to raise [pounds]100 million to buy two paintings in an economic crisis being called the worst for 60 years is likely to suffer some discomfort, but he won't be deterred.See the full content of this document
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Never Mind the [Pounds]100m Tag - These Titians Are Priceless
For Penny, these aren't any ordinary paintings but two of the greatest he's ever encountered. A world expert on Italian art, he has known these pictures, by Titian, all his life. They inspired him to devote his scholarly energies to the Venetian Renaissance.
He speaks about them with passionate knowledge. Being able to stand close to the huge canvases -- each nearly two metres square -- and see this brushstroke, that tiny detail of a ghostly head, a glittering splash ...See the full content of this document
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