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The government has temporarily banned a Rembrandt painting worth £71 million from being taken out of the UK permanently
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Jagger on 7 December 2022
Residential Properly Tribunal Decision of Judge P Korn & Mrs L Crane CEnvH MCIEH on date 31 March 2021
Last chance to keep the captivating 17th Century masterpiece in the UK.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
A portrait by one of Rembrandt’s most talented apprentices is at risk of being exported from the UK.
Northern Region Judge J Holbrook sitting on 20 January 2021
Midland region, Judge D Barlow, Ms J Rossiter MRICS, 29 May 2025
This report deals with three claims brought to the Spoliation Advisory Panel seeking restitution of three works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens currently in the possession of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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