Oxford museum saves Renaissance artwork for public after raising nearly £5m

Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion, as the Ashmolean Museum announces that it has successfully raised £4.48 million to secure the acquisition of the painting (Jas Lehal Media Assignments/PA) - (PA Wire)

Art and culture being accessible to all is “fundamental”, the Ashmolean Museum director has said, after securing nearly £5 million in funding to save a rare Italian Renaissance painting.

A temporary export bar was granted on the crucifixion painting by the Renaissance master Fra Angelico, to allow the Oxford University institute to raise the £4.48 million needed to buy it in a private treaty sale.