Andrew Mellon

“By getting Andrew Mellon to donate his collection to it, the National Gallery was the perfect front for Duveen. In one gesture, his clients avoided taxes, cleared wall space for new purchases, and reduced the numbers of paintings on the market, maintaining the…”

“95 of the 115 paintings in the Mellon collection, right, which gets donated to the public, which I'll talk about why he did this, was also a genius move in a little bit, came to Mellon through Duveen.”

“And so Andrew Mellon's much older than him, and he summarizes the gift that Duveen's personality was to his business where he told Duveen to his face, the pictures that you sell me always look better when you are here.”