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For the Nation: 'Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews' by Gainsborough

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

at the National Gallery, London

This is the first programme of a new series which will explore a selection from those works of art, buildings, and museums which in recent times have been acquired for the nation.

This week, Michael Kitson is talking about 'the most important English painting bought for the nation in the past 20 years' - Gainsborough's serene portrait of a young squire and his wife amid the rolling countryside of their Suffolk estate. This masterpiece was sold to the National Gallery in 1960 for £130,000.

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Kitson
Director:
David Cheshire
Source: Radio Times

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