Dutch de Heem still-life blocked from export in hope UK buyer emerges

The government has placed a temporary export bar on a still-life painting by a Dutch artist in the hope a UK buyer will pay £6m to keep it in the country.

A Banquet Still Life by Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-84) was bought at Christie’s last year and an expo…

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