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Spain Gets a Deal on New Breugel

October 22, 2010 by Marion Maneker

Spanish minister of Culture Angeles Gonzalez Sinde in front of 'The Wine of Saint Martin's day by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. EPA/BALLESTEROS.

The Associated Press reports that the Prado has exercised its option to purchase the newly discovered work that it helped identify as a Breugel:

Spain’s Culture Ministry says it has bought a previously unknown masterpiece by 16th-century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder discovered recently by the Prado Museum.

A statement on the ministry’s website Friday said the Prado’s board of trustees had agreed to purchase “The Wine of Saint Martin’s Day” for euro7 million ($9.8 million). The signed work was owned by private collectors.

Spain Buys Previously Unkown Breughel Masterpiece (AP)

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Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Breugel, Prado, Spain

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