The National Portrait Gallery and Getty have raised £25m to jointly acquire Portrait of Mai (Omai).
The portrait will go on display at London's National Portrait Gallery in JuneJoshua Reynolds' Portrait of Mai has been saved from private sale thanks to money raised by the National Portrait Gallery and Getty in the US.
He thanked all those who had contributed along with Getty, "for having the vision to join us in an innovative strategic partnership to ensure this uniquely important painting enters public ownership for the first time, in Reynolds' 300th anniversary year, so its beauty can be seen and enjoyed by everyone".
"The opportunity for Getty to partner with the gallery in acquiring and presenting this work to audiences in Britain and California, and from around the world, represents an innovative model that we hope will encourage others to think creatively about how major works of art can most effectively be shared."
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