The brooches were bought at auction from Dreweatts with a grant from the Art Fund, and a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation. They sold for £19,000 according to the auctioneers.

If you’ve ever wanted to see works of art hanging in the National Gallery of Art without having to leave the Pacific ...

He and Samuel Courtauld were near contemporaries, remarkably similar and indeed met in 1932; both loved art and both took the ...