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Titian’s Masterpiece “Diana and Actaeon” Will Tour Scotland in 2010

Titian - "Diana and Actaeon", 1556-59 - Oil on canvas, 185 X 202 cm. - © National Gallery, London

EDINBURGH.- On the first anniversary of the
nation’s acquisition of Titian’s Diana and Actaeon, the National Galleries of
Scotland (NGS) and the National Gallery in London announced a tour of the
painting to three venues in Scotland in 2010.
The painting will be on
public display in Aberdeen Art Gallery from 28 May to 27 June, at Kelvingrove
Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow from 1 July to 1 August and at the McManus
Galleries, Dundee from 6 August to 5 September. In London the painting is the
focus of regular Lunchtime and 10 Minute Talks, and will be the subject of Art
Through Words (30 January 2010), a project for blind and partially sighted
visitors