Works of Art (Exports) (Hansard, 21 January 1992)

§ Mr. Faulds

To ask the Minister for the Arts if he 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 1991, specifying in each case the valuation and whether an item was eventually exported

Description of item	Valuation £	outcome
The Bromley Davenport Altarpiece, by Taddeo Gaddi	2,011,500.00	Export licence granted
A documentary urbino dish of Cardinal's hat form	189,975.00	Export licence granted
A drawing, 'A wooded landscape with low hills: a view of the Tiber',by Nicholas Poussin	156,450.00	Purchased jointly by the Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam museums
A drawing, 'A wooded landscape with a River God gathering fruit', by Nicholas Poussin	134, 100.00	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'St. George and the Dragon', by Francesco Di Rossi il Salviati	104,97500	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'The head of the Oriental in profile to the left', by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione	201,15000	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'The head of a women looking up', by Guido Reni	145,27500	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'A reclining nude women lifting a curtain',' by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri il Guercino	106,162–50	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'A wooded upland landscape with figures outside the gate of a castle', by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri il Guercino	61,462–25	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'Saint Ivo intervening on behalf of the poor, Christ with Saint Jerome and three saints above', by Pietro Berrettini da Cortona	72,637–50	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'A wooded river landscape with fishermen in a boat', by Pietro Berrettini da Cortona	72,637–50	Export licence refused
A drawing, 'A wooded rover landscape with cascades and three men dragging a net', by Pietro Berrettini da Cortona	268,200.00	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'The Sacrifice of Isaac' by Giovanni Battista Gaulli il Baciccio	111,750.00	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'Two women and a baby with a cat', by Francessco Vanni	78,225.00	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'An allegory of the labours of Hercules', by Ciro Fern	35,760.00	Purchased by the Fitzwilliam Museum
A drawing, 'Design for a tomb slab of Cardinal Carlo Emanuele Pio Da Carpi', by Gian Lorenzo Bermini	40,230.00	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'A philosopher pointing to the ground, a youth beside him', by Salvatore Rosa	50,287–50	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'The head of a young boy looking up to the left', by Jan Cossiers	44,700.00	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'The adoration of the shepherds', by Jusepe de Ribera	83,812–50	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
A drawing, 'A squirrel', by Giovanni da Udine	85,000–00	Decision deferred until after 15 March 1992
An inlaid bronze pyxis	33,525–00	Purchased by the British Museum Society
The Clarence Book of Hours	510,000.00	Export licence granted
A French 19th Century silvered and bronze mirror, 1867, by Barbedienne	110,00000	Decision deferred until after 16 April 1992
A portrait of Pope Clement VII by Sebastiano del Piombo	6,314,581–00	Decision deferred until after 16 February 1992
The 'Middleham Ring'	45,980–00	Decision deferred until after 16 April 1992
Two paintings of the allegorical tombs of Cadogan and Godolphin by Francesco Monti, Pietro Paltronieri and Nunzio Ferraiuoli	450,000.00	Decision deferred until after 16 February 1992

120W or retained, with particulars in the latter event of the acquiring institution; if he 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; and whether a press notice will be issued from the Office of Arts and Libraries covering the information given in his reply, including that relating to the outcome in individual cases.