Brand New!! Van Dyck Self Portrait Saved For The Patch Past Times Close Successful Fundraising Effort Ever

The Save Van Dyck's Self Portrait  fundraising create jointly run past times the National Portrait Gallery in addition to the Art Fund has proved to live on the most successful create run inward the in conclusion 100 years. H5N1 substantial Heritage Lottery Grant supplements funds already raised in addition to the iconic Van Dyck self portrait volition similar a shot rest inward Britain.

It volition every bit good live on made much to a greater extent than accessible to people unopen to the seat down through a National Tour.

(l to r) Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery,
Dame Jenny Bramsky, Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Stephen Deuchar, Director of the Art Fund
celebrate the Van Dyck self portrait staying inward the UK

About the painting

The epitome is Sir Anthony Van Dyck’s in conclusion self-portrait. It's regarded every bit beingness a move of huge international importance. The epitome shows his every bit an creative mortal at work, manifestly inward the act of painting, his arm raised inward the procedure of applying pigment to a canvass simply out of sight.

As Sandy Nairne said this morn at the preview, it's every bit if you've walked into his studio inward Blackfriars inward 1641 in addition to he's simply turned unopen to to await at you.

Van Dyck's Self Portrait (1640-1)
now on display following to the 17th Century Galleries
on the Second Floor of the National Portrait Gallery

The epitome was completed inward the twelvemonth van Dyck died in addition to the twelvemonth earlier Civil War broke out inward the UK.

Van Dyck was buried inward Old St Paul's Cathedral (which burned downward inward 1666). His epitaph was

"Anthony van Dyck - who, piece he lived, gave to many immortal life"

How the figures totted upwards inward the end



In March, the buyer withdrew in addition to the export bar was halted on 26 March.  A revised cost was agreed in addition to this effectively reduced the amount required to move along the portrait inward the seat down from £12.5 meg to £10 million.


The create has managed to raise:
  • £1.4 meg from 10,000 individuals - including multiple 5 figure gifts from an anonymous American supporter - which makes it the most successful appeal for a epitome inward the in conclusion 100 years
  • a pledge of £1 meg from the Monument Trust (one of the The Sainsbury Family Trusts; the Sainsbury Family receive got been major patrons of fine art inward this country)
  • a half dozen figure pledge from the Garfield Weston Foundation
  • £700,000 from the NPG's Portrait Fund in addition to an acquisitions budget
  • £500,000 from the Art Fund
  • and finally a £6,343,500 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund
H5N1 £150,000 grant has every bit good been secured from the Art Fund to contribute towards the costs of a national tour of the painting. 

A National Tour!


The Van Dyck self portrait volition tour the U.K. starting inward Jan 2015. The tour volition accept 3 years amongst the epitome returning to London inbetween each loan out to a regional gallery.

The proposed venues are 
  • Turner Contemporary, Margate (January 2015)
  • Manchester Art Gallery (2015)
  • Dulwich Picture Gallery, London (2016) where it volition run into upwards amongst a disclose of portraits past times Van Dyck.
  • Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (2016)
  • Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle (2017)
  • Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (2017)
If you're wondering near the cake - nosotros celebrated amongst cake!




Subscribe to receive free email updates:

0 Response to "Brand New!! Van Dyck Self Portrait Saved For The Patch Past Times Close Successful Fundraising Effort Ever"

Post a Comment