Review of the Year 2016 - Saved for the Nation

Important works of art sold to overseas buyers are typically subject to temporary export bans in the hope that a buyer can be found to keep them in the UK - here we offer our top five 2016 purchases

Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth 1

What is it?

A late 16th century, large-scale, horizontal-form…

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