FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell Art Museum announced today one of the most important acquisitions in its history: French painter Nicolas Poussin’s Sacrament of Ordination (Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter). The painting is from Poussin’s famous first set of the Seven Sacraments, which has been universally acclaimed, virtually since its creation, as a landmark in the history of art. The series was commissioned by the prominent Roman collector Cassiano dal Pozzo between 1636 and 1642. In 1785, the 4th Duke of Rutland purchased the paintings and brought them to England, after which Sir Joshua Reynolds, president of the Royal Academy of Arts, declared: “I think upon the whole that this must be considered as the greatest work of Poussin, who was certainly one of the greatest Painters that ever lived.” “This is among the most significant old master paintings to have become available in decades,” co-