The transfer of the late Sir Denis Mahon’s collection of 57 Italian Baroque paintings into museums and galleries across the UK has been completed through the Art Fund.
Guido Reni, The Rape of Europa, c.1637–9 National Gallery
Masterpieces by Guercino, Guido Reni, Domenichino and others have entered the permanent collections of six British museums and galleries. Twenty-five works have gone to the National Gallery, twelve to the Ashmolean, eight to the Scottish National Gallery, six to the Fitzwilliam Museum, five to Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery and one to Temple Newsam House in Leeds.
He formed his collection over several decades, demonstrating the range, significance and quality of the Italian Baroque despite its neglect by scholars. His passion and erudition, and the quality of the works he collected, had a discernable impact on the status of the Italian Baroque in the history of European art. www.artfund.org