Culture minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on the Book of Hours to give a UK buyer time to come up with # 8 million to save it for the nation. (premierchristianity.com)
The French government has put a temporary export bar on a recently uncovered double - sided drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. (artlyst.com)
Previously in the collection of the Dukes of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle, it was sold at auction last year, and despite the government's temporary export bar it looked likely to leave the country — until the US cosmetics heir Ronald S. Lauder stepped forward with # 5m to acquire it for the National Gallery. (apollo-magazine.com)