Maria Clelia Galassi

Feb 29, 2024 | burlington.org.uk | Rebecca P. Daniels |David Franklin |Maria Clelia Galassi |Reinier Baarsen

Two hundred years ago, in the spring of 1824, British enthusiasts for European painting had good reason to feel optimistic. In a House of Commons debate that took place on 2nd April the government was praised for agreeing to acquire for the nation thirty-eight paintings from the collection of the discerning banker John Julius Angerstein, in order to establish a new National Gallery in London.