{"id":38101,"date":"2014-01-23T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T15:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b229abfc6f72ec7c47f3dbd762c55955"},"modified":"2014-01-23T15:19:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T15:19:56","slug":"news-story-poussin-painting-at-risk-of-export","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=38101","title":{"rendered":"News story: Poussin Painting at risk of export"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The painting by Nicolas Poussin depicting the moment the infant Moses trampled Pharaoh\u2019s crown, will be exported overseas unless a matching offer of \u00a314,000,000 is made. The Culture Minister issued the temporary export bar in the hope that a UK buyer can be found in the time allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Vaizey took the decision following a recommendation by the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artscouncil.org.uk\/what-we-do\/supporting-museums\/cultural-property\/export-controls\/reviewing-committee\/\">Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest<\/a> (RCEWA), administered by Arts Council England. The RCEWA made its recommendation on the grounds that the painting is of outstanding aesthetic importance and significance for the study of Poussin\u2019s art.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 30 or so paintings by Poussin in UK galleries and museums, none are quite so insistently severe in either their colouring or composition as this piece.<\/p>\n<p>The decision on the export licence application for the painting will be deferred until 22 April 2014, although this may be extended until 22 October if a serious intention to raise funds to purchase the painting at the recommended price is made.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_477879\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/274866\/011_Poussin_export_bar.docx\">Poussin Painting press notice<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\">MS Word Document<\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">94.5KB<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span> with further details.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thedcms\/12102929284\/\">View the painting on Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Vaizey issues temporary export bar to help find a UK buyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}