Singer Sargent painting blocked from export by government in hope of finding UK buyer

The owner of a £5.75m John Singer Sargent oil painting has been temporarily prevented from exporting the picture by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Sargent’s In the Austrian Tyrol was painted while he was trapped in Austria at the start of the Firs…

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