"The Netherlandish altarpiece, known as The Master of the Sherborne Almshouse Triptych, dates back to 1480-90 and is valued up to £3.5 million (around $4.6 million). And that is the exact amount the museum is hoping to raise to acquire the piece before it is auctioned by Sotheby's in an Old Master evening sale next month and prevent the work from being exported."
""This masterpiece has been described by scholars as 'exceptionally rare'-not only for its artistic brilliance, but for its remarkable survival through centuries of religious and political upheaval," the Dorset Museum said on a webpage linking to Crowdfunder. "Now, for the first time in its history, the triptych faces the possibility of being sold into private hands. We are determined to ensure that does not happen.""
The Dorset Museum & Art Gallery launched an urgent fundraising appeal to acquire the Master of the Sherborne Almshouse Triptych, a Netherlandish altarpiece from 1480-90 valued up to £3.5 million, before it goes to Sotheby's. The triptych depicts five healings of Jesus, survived periods of iconoclastic destruction, and was rediscovered in St. John's Almshouse in Sherborne in the 19th century. The work has left the almshouse only twice for exhibitions in 1923 and 2003. Almshouse trustees plan to auction the painting to fund new housing, creating a brief window for the museum to keep the piece publicly accessible.
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