A Selected Gallery

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  Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)

  Extreme Unction, c.1638-40 (detail)

  Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 121 cms. Accepted in lieu of tax under the hybrid scheme and acquired by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

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  Augustus John

  Jamaican Girl, 1937

  Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 31.8 cms. Sold by Private Treaty Sale to Tate.

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  A nephrite jade back scratcher which belonged to Clive of India

  Mughal, 18th century

  Jade with rubies. Length: 47.5 cms. Sold to a private buyer together with other jewelled items all of which belonged to Robert Clive of India.

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  John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

  In the Austrian Tyrol, 1914

  Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 70 cms. Sold to a private collector

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  Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)

  Still Life – Asolo

  Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches. Sold to a private collection.

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  Gaspar Vanvitelli (1652/53-1736)

  The Port of Messina, 1713

  Oil on canvas, 56.8 x 109.8 cms. Sold at auction for £437,500.

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  Valentine Prinsep (1838-1904)

  The Eldest Daughters of Eric Carrington Smith

  Oil on canvas, 230 x 220 cms. Sold at auction for £125,000.

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  Henry Moore (1898-1986)

  Working Model for Locking Piece, 1962

  Bronze, height: 747 inches. Sold at auction for £911,250.

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  Elisabeth Frink (1930-93)

  Running Man (Front Runner), 1986

  Bronze, edition 2/4, height: 195.6 cms. Sold for £1,091,250.

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  William Dobson (1611-46)

  Group Portrait of Prince Rupert, Colonel William Murray and Colonel John Russell c.1645

  Oil on canvas, 59 x 78 ins. Accepted in Lieu of Tax and allocated to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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  Dundas Sofa

  A George III Giltwood Sofa, 1765

  Designed by Robert Adam and made by Thomas Chippendale. 252.5 cm wide; 110.5 cm high; 91.4 cm deep. Sold to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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  Edouard Manet

  Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus (detail)

  Oil on canvas, 115.7 x 72.8 cms. Sold to an overseas buyer for £28.35 million. An export stop was placed on the painting and the Ashmolean Museum came forward to acquire it for £7.83 million after tax concessions.

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  Alberto Giacometti

  "Tete de Femme" (The Artist's Mother), 1927

  Signed and dated (stamped with foundry mark "cire PASTORI". Bronze, 13 inches. Numbered 2/6. Sold to a private collector.

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  Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

  Femme se coiffant au bord de la mer, c.1895

  Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 46.2 cms. Sold at auction for US$2,660,000.

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  Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

  Les Pivoines II, 1884

  Oil on canvas, 55 x 66 cms. Sold at auction for US$2,060,000.

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  A very rare agate lobed floriform bowl

  Song Dynasty or later, 12.3 cms

  Sold at auction for HK$2,350,000.

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  A very large Berlin porcelain vase, c.1859, 90cms high

  Purchased by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia

  Given by King Wilhelm I of Prussia to the owner’s ancestor. Sold at auction.

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  Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820)

  Self Portrait, 1796

  A carved 'microscultura' relief in various woods, 62.7 x 59 cms

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  Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

  Study of Roses, 1930s, oil on canvas

  A gift from the artist to Vivien Leigh, September 1951
  Sold for £638,750 as part of Omnia Art's "Vivien Leigh Collection" Sale

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  David Bomberg (1890-1957)

  Portrait of Mark Gertler, c.1911-12

  Pencil on paper, 34.3 x 25.4 cms
  This drawing was discovered by Omnia Art and sold at auction

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  Richard Wilson (1714-82)

  Tabley House and Lake, c.1764-66

  Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 ins
  Accepted in Lieu of Tax

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  Signed M. Mazarind and attributed to the Workshop of John Vanderbank

  An English silk and wool tapestry in the 'Japan/Indian Manner', 1700-1720

  Silk and wool, 236cms x 387 cms
  Sold to the Victoria & Albert Museum

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  Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-72)

  Virgin and Child

  Oil on canvas, 60 x 40 ins
  A private sale

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  William van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707)

  An English Galliot with other vessels close to the shore

  Oil on canvas, 24 x 31 ins
  A private sale

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  Jan Griffier the Elder (c.1645-1718)

  A Winter Scene with Figures Skating

  Oil on copper, 19 ½ x 23 ins
  A private sale

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  Duncan Grant (1885-1978)

  Portrait of Vanessa Bell (1879-1961), signed and dated 1915

  Oil and collage laid on paper laid onto a wooden panel, 159 x 61 cms
  Accepted in Lieu of Tax

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  William Blake (1757-1827)

  Enoch

  Lithograph, 1806/7
  World record price at auction for a print by Blake

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  Edgar Degas

  Les Blanchisseuses, c.1876

  Oil on paper, 18 x 24 inches
  Sold at auction in 1988 for £3,960,000

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  Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-79)

  Portrait of Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Bt (1733-91)

  Oil on canvas, 90 x 60 ins
  Accepted in Lieu of Tax and allocated to the Beaney Museum, Canterbury

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  Domenico Puligo

  Portrait of a Lady, known as Barbara Salutati

  Oil on panel, 100.3 x 78.1 cms
  Sold, for a world-record price for the artist, to a private collector

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  The Maitland Armoire

  A late Renaissance walnut cabinet (armoire à deux corps)

  Attributed to Hugues Sambin (c.1520-1601), Burgundy, c.1590
  Sold to The Friends of the Louvre

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  The Luttrell Archive

  Offered in Lieu of Tax in 2016 and allocated to the Somerset Record Office

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  Valerio Castello (1624-59)

  Tobias Healing the Blind Tobit

  Oil on canvas
  170 x 217 cms
  Private Treaty Sale to Ferens Art Gallery

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  A pair of mother-of-pearl ewers

  17th Century, Gujarat, India

  A private sale

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  Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)

  (DETAIL) Ordination

  Oil on canvas, 373/4 x 477/8 inches (95.9 x 121.6 cms). Acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, USA for £15,000,000.

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  Frans Hals (c.1582/3-1666)

  (DETAIL) Family Portrait in a Landscape, signed with a monogram, c.1621-22

  Oil on canvas, 60 x 643/4 inches (151 x 163.6 cms). Sold for £7,500,000, on behalf of private client, to the Toldo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA.

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  Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863)

  (DETAIL)'A Tribute to the Memory of Sir Christopher Wren'

  Sold from a private collection and by descent from the artist.

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  Attributed to the Chinese craftsman Chitqua

  (DETAIL)1356 A very rare painted clay figure of tea merchant, Thomas Todd, c.1770

  Sold to the Museum of London on behalf of a descendant of Thomas Todd.

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  Sir John Lavery R.A, R.S.A, R.H.A (1856 - 1941)

  The Tower of Babel, 1604

  'War Memories / The Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George' Signed and dated 1934. (Detail). Purchased on behalf of a private collector.

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  Sir Anthony van Dyck

  'Portrait of Lady Killigrew' 1638

  (Detail) Oil on Canvas 42 x 32.8 in. Purchased at auction on behalf of Tate.

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  Sir Anthony van Dyck

  'Portrait of Sir William Killigrew' 1638

  (Details) Oil on Canvas 41 x 32.5 in. Accepted in Lieu under the hybrid scheme and acquired by Tate.

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  An impressive diamond ornament from the collection of the russian imperial family

  Russia, second half of the 18th century

  Sold at auction in geneva on behalf of a private client for CHF 2,036,000.

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  A detail from the elaborately decorated Late Iron Age double-crested Capel Garmon Firedog

  Total size: height 75cms x length 106.8cms (Detail)

  Formerly on loan, it has now been accepted in lieu of inheritance tax and is on permanent display at the National Museum Wales.

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  A George I giltwood and gilt Gesso side table, C.1720S and George I figured walnut and gilt sofa, C.1720.

  Two, from a group of twelve

  Items from the Chester Collection accepted in lieu of tax and allocation to the National Trust.

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  Designed by William Burges (1827-81)

  (DETAIL) The Zodiac Settle

  Acquired by the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford, following the deferral of an export licence.

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  A very rare unfinished Elizabethan needlework table carpet

  English, c.1600, 540 x 168 cms

  Offered in Lieu of Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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  John Singer Sargent

  The Piazzetta with Gondolas

  Watercolour on paper, 25.4 x 35.6 cms

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  The Coronation of Louis XIV

  French School, 17th Century

  Restored, after it was severely damaged by fire, with the help of a grant from the Heritage Conservation Trust.

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  A George I figured walnut and gilt chair, c.1720

  One of 24 pieces of furniture offered in lieu of tax and now at Montacute House.

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  A jewelled Mughal dagger and scabbard which belonged to Robert Clive of India, 1700-1750

  Sold to a private buyer.

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  John William Waterhouse, Study for the figure of Echo in 'Echo and Narcissus'

  Black chalk on blue-grey paper, 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches

  Sold At Auction.

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  Phrixus and the Golden Fleece

  Francesco Xanto Avelli, probably Urbino, c.1525-30

  Sold as part of the Barlow Collection to a private buyer.

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  A very rare Ludwigsburg dejeuner service, made in 1813 in Egyptian taste

  Commissioned for Maria Feodorovna, the wife of Paul I, Emperor of Russia

  This historic service was sold to Pavlovsk Palace by private sale.

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  Chinese School, Macau, c.1780s

  Portrait of Captain Joseph Huddart

  Reverse painting on glass 30 x 22 ½ inches. Sold to the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA.

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  Chinese School, Macau, c.1780s

  Portrait of Johnston Huddart

  Oil on Panel, 45.5 x 38 cms. Sold at auction for a world-record price for the artist.

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  Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82)

  The Christmas Carol, 1867

  Oil on Panel, 45.5 x 38 cms. Sold at auction for a world-record price for the artist.

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  Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)

  Figure on a Bed III, 1965

  Oil on canvas, 35.8 x 45.7 cms. Sold at auction.

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  Nicolo di Pietro Gerini (c. 1340-1414)

  Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

  Gold ground and tempera on panel. Sold at auction.

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  Richard Eurich (1903-92)

  York Festival Triptych, 1956

  Oil on canvas, 226 x 160 cms. Sold at auction for a world record price for the artist.

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  Edward Frampton

  A maiden in a mountainous landscape

  Oil on canvas, 70 x 45.72 cms. Sold to a private collector.

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  Sir John Lavery

  The Cello Player

  Oil on canvasboard, 51 x 34 cms. Purchased at auction on behalf of a private client.

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  Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  Venus Verticordia

  Watercolour with bodycolour 36 by 33 cms. Sold to a private collector.

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  One of a pair of Italian pietre dure table tops

  Made in the Grand Ducal Workshops (Opificio delle Pietre Dure), Florence

  c.1775-1786, after designs by Antonio Cioci. Sold to an overseas buyer for £1,500,000.

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  A portrait head of the Emperor Commodus (161-192 AD)

  Roman, c.190-192 AD

  Oil on panel, 20 ¾ x 26 ¾ inches (51.1 x 66.3 cm). Marble head attached to a coloured 17th century marble bust. Height: 71 cms. Sold to a private buyer.