Sir Paul Getty
Sir Paul Getty K.B.E. (1932–2003) was a great philanthropist of wide-ranging interests who adopted British citizenship in 1998.
Sir Paul Getty's establishment of a generous endowment for the benefit of the National Gallery has helped to make possible the acquisition of paintings by Caravaggio, Daddi, Holbein and Poussin, among others.
The endowment fund remains an ongoing legacy which continues to allow the Gallery to acquire major paintings for the nation. A further donation from the Getty family improved access to the Gallery by creating a new ground floor entrance, which was named in honour of Sir Paul Getty and opened to the public in 2004.
Selected works
A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?)
Hans Holbein the Younger
Saint Jerome
Albrecht Dürer
Boy bitten by a Lizard
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
A View of Rhenen seen from the West
Salomon van Ruysdael
The Coronation of the Virgin
Bernardo Daddi
See also
Read more about major gifts from benefactors
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