The Manet painting
THE Ashmolean’s fundraising appeal to save a Manet portrait for the nation is due to end today.
An export ban to stop Manet’s Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus leaving the country lasts only to August 7.
With the Ashmolean still £400,000 short of the £7.83m needed to buy the Impressionist masterpiece, it is understood the museum is focusing on a number of major donors to try to complete the purchase.
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