The appeal to save an iconic Old Master painting, The Procession to Calvary by Pieter Brueghel the Younger for the nation still has some way to go to reach its £2.7 million target by Christmas.

Pieter Brueghel the Younger, The Procession to Calvary, 1602 Photo: Robert Thrift © National Trust

Completed in 1602 by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, the painting is one of his finest works and shows Christ carrying the cross on the way to his crucifixion. He is surrounded by over 200 figures in a vibrant narrative, set in a contemporary Flemish landscape.

The painting has been hung at Nostell Priory in Yorkshire, a National Trust property, for more than 200 years, and is owned by the Priory’s former owner, Lord St Oswald.

You can donate to the appeal online at: www.artfund.org/procession or telephone 0844 415 4004 – or please send cheques, made payable to the Art Fund, to The Art Fund, Freepost SN1457, Halifax Road, MELKSHAM, SN12 7BR

www.artfund.org/procession

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