Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Museum appeal for cut-price old master painting - Charity fundraising news - News - Civil Society

Museum appeal for cut-price old master painting - Charity fundraising news - News - Civil Society: The Art Fund has backed a �3.9m appeal by the Fitzwilliam Museum to buy a masterpiece by Nicolas Poussin.

The University of Cambridge’s principal museum has until the end of November this year to raise the sum to purchase ‘Extreme Unction’, valued at more than �14m, from the 11th Duke of Rutland’s 2000 Settlement.

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