A temporary export bar has been placed on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Italian painter, Sandro Botticelli The work has ...

Media and Sport The UK government has placed an export bar on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Sandro Botticelli valued at £10.2m. The work, The Virgin and Child Enthroned (1470s), was sold at ...

The government has banned a Botticelli painting worth more than £10m from being exported outside the UK. The UK government has now placed a temporary export bar on the work, which has been valued ...