The Greats: Scotland's blockbuster show of world masterpieces from Botticelli to Gauguin comes to Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney

By Julie Power
Updated October 23 2015 - 1:08am, first published 1:02am
Michael Clarke, Director of the Scottish National Gallery, wearing the National Galleries of Scotland tartan. An exhibition of Scottish masterpieces goes on show at the Art Gallery of NSW from Saturday 24 October.  Photo: Janie Barrett
Michael Clarke, Director of the Scottish National Gallery, wearing the National Galleries of Scotland tartan. An exhibition of Scottish masterpieces goes on show at the Art Gallery of NSW from Saturday 24 October. Photo: Janie Barrett
Velazquez' <i>An Old Woman Cooking Eggs</i> (1618) evokes a sense of mystery. Photo: Supplied
Velazquez' <i>An Old Woman Cooking Eggs</i> (1618) evokes a sense of mystery. Photo: Supplied

It was called a "stupendous stash" in San Francisco. It was the "summer's get" when it hit Texas. Now the same exhibition of Scotland's most precious masterpieces opens in Sydney on Saturday but on an even grander scale with rarely seen drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael.

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