(Above) Diana and Actaeon heads to Kelvingrove in Glasgow
Diana and Actaeon, the Titian masterpiece which was at the centre of a lengthy campaign to keep it in the UK before it was saved for £50 million last year, has gone on public display at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.
The 16th century mythological painting, commissioned by the King of Spain, was reunited with the all-star cast of Old Master paintings it originally belonged to at the National Galleries of Scotland, who raised the Duke of Sutherland's asking price in a much-publicised appeal with the National Gallery.
It will go on show at Kelvingrove for two months, complementing the towering gallery's major summer exhibition on the Glasgow Boys group of pioneering Scottish painters.
"The successful campaign to acquire Titian's Diana and Actaeon brought one of the great masterpieces of Western art into public ownership," said John Leighton, the Director-General of the National Galleries of Scotland.
"This painting has not been on public view outside London or Edinburgh for several centuries, and we are thrilled that it will be on view in Glasgow where the public will now have an opportunity to experience the power and magic of it first hand."
The eternally-popular venue, which is among the top 30 most-visited museums in the world, was expecting "tens of thousands" of visitors hoping to see the work.
An accompanying Titian piece, Diana and Callisto, is on offer to the fundraisers if they can amass a similar amount by 2012.
On display until August 1 2010
