Monday, September 26th, 2011

Kenneth Reed Announces His Significant Bequest to the Art Gallery of New South Wales

October 22, 2010 by  
Filed under Museums & Galleries

SYDNEY.- Kenneth Reed today announced his intention to bequeath to the Art Gallery of New South Wales a substantial collection of old master paintings, Italian Maiolica and European 18th-century porcelain. Numbering over 70 items in total the Ken Reed bequest will represent a most significant addition to the gallery’s European collection said Edmund Capon, Director, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Abraham Bloemaert, Cimon and Iphigenia, late 1620s. Oil on panel, 36.9 x 52.1 cm Mr Reed, a Sydney-based retired [...]