Two landscapes by Peter Paul Rubens intended as companions will be reunited for public display for the first time in more than 200 years, after the Wallace Collection decided it would begin lending works for the first time. “We are hugely supportive of this because the general public is the beneficiary,†says National Gallery director Gabriele Finaldi. “Things can happen now that couldn’t happen before that will be extraordinarily interesting and exciting for the public and scholars.â€
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