Tiny English Town Chosen for Philanthropist's World-Class Spanish Art Collection
- November 27, 2015 23:19
Philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer recently donated £25m to Auckland Castle, the historic home of the bishops of Durham, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. He also gave £5.5m to create a Spanish art gallery and research institute in town.
Ruffer plans for the tiny town to host his mega-watt collection of Spanish masters, including works by El Greco, Ribera and Velázquez.
The move makes sense when considered with the holdings of Auckland Castle, already chock-full of Spanish art, including a recently purchased El Greco titled "Christ on the Cross," bought for £2.5m with help from a grant from the Art Fund. Read more about it here.
