fri 25 dec 2015, 18:55

British block sale painting Pontormo

LONDON –

The British authorities have the sale of a painting by the famous sixteenth-century Florentine master Jacopo Pontormo until 22 april blocked. Portrait of a young man with a red hat changed in principle from the owner to have converted more than 30 million euro. An anonymous foreign collector is willing that amount down to count.

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Officially it is not announced who the cloth now is. After the in 2008, was rediscovered in a private collection, is on loan to the National Gallery in London. The owner, however, has failed to give you notice that he is the famous painting from 1530 wanted to sell. Therefore, the government has an opportunity to intervene and to see if there are interested parties in Great Britain, so that the cloth for the British can be maintained. In addition, the government can now tax on the sale of levy, reports The Guardian.

Of Pontormo’s hand, there are still only fifteen paintings.