LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum

announced today that it made a successful bid at auction on J.M.W
Turner’s
masterpiece painting Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino. The auction took place
at
Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday, July 7. One of the greatest paintings
by
Turner to come on the market, Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino has had only
two
owners in its 171-year history and was most recently on view at the
National
Gallery of Scotland where it was on long-term loan. It is in excellent
condition, virtually untouched since Turner finished it, and still in
the
original frame. Sold for $45.10 million.