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Dept of National Heritage

Answer

Mr. Faulds: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list the items for which the issuing of export licences was withheld on the recommendation of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art during the half-year ended 31 December 1996, specifying in each case the valuation and whether an item was exported or retained, with particulars in the latter event of the acquiring institution; and if she will list any items for which licences have been withheld but the final disposal of which is not yet decided, specifying in each case (a) the valuation and (b) the relevant time limit. [20110] Mr. Sproat: The information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Description of item Valuation £ Outcome A painting Erminia finding the wounded 3,500,000 Acquired by the National Galleries of Tancred by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Scotland called "II Guercino" (1591-1666) A pair of French Empire mahogany armchairs 249,904.50 Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum by the Parisian firm Jacob-Desmalter, c. and Galleries on Merseyside 1803-13 An "ideal" female bust by Antonio Canova, 695,000 Acquired by the Ashmolean Museum 1817 A London delft "clapmash" charger inscribed 280,000 Export licence granted "John Ayres 1637" A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl casket by 3,000,000 Export licence granted Pierre Mangot, 1532 A pair of George II open armchairs by 192,307.69 Export licence granted William and John Linnell, c. 1753 A marble bust of Henry Fuseli by Edward 128,000 Acquired by the National Portrait Gallery Hodges Baily, 1824 A daguerreotype portrait of Sir John 27,053.75 Acquired by the National Portrait Gallery Herschel, c. 1848 A negative and three prints by William Henry 7,000 each Acquired by the National Museum of Fox Talbot, 1839 Photography, Film and Television Five Roman coins, 41-54 AD 495 each Export licence granted Three Roman coins, 41-54 AD 825 Export licence granted A library desk by Giuseppe Maggiolini, c. 1,683,012.50 Export licence granted 1784 A Venetian bronze andiron attributed to 77,752.50 Acquired by the National Galleries of Niccolo- Roccatagliata, c. 1600 Scotland A pair of late eighteenth--or early 138,275 Decision deferred until after 4 April 1997 nineteenth--century Anglo-Indian ivory armchairs A gold box by G. M. Moser, c. 1760 314,171.15 Acquired by the Royal Museum of Scotland A neolithic stone ball 8,000 Decision deferred until after 8 April 1997 A painting A Cup of Water and a Rose on a 305,997.10 Acquired by the National Gallery Silver Plate by Francisco de Zurbaran, c. 1627-30 A painting Madonna and Child with Saints 197,325 Decision deferred until after 8 May 1997 with a Distant Landscape by Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

20110; 292 c649-51W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Artworks Export controls