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Acquired at auction, this unusually large painting by Hopper joins a group of the artist’s works on paper already in the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art

Paul Jacoulet is among the few Western artists to master the Japanese art of ukiyo-e. A collection of his work goes to the Musée du Quai Branly

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens have acquired 13 pieces of furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

This important late work by Corot was left to the British nation by Lucian Freud, who specifically intended it for the National Gallery

This 15m scroll illustrates scenes from US Commodore Matthew Perry’s diplomatic visit to Japan in 1854, and reveals an amusing clash of cultures

‘I am told I got it to look better than anything I have yet done,’ said Constable of this iconic painting of Salisbury Cathedral

Its last owner had been using it as a television stand – now, this exquisite Japanese maki-e chest has a home at the Rijksmuseum

The Meadows Museum has acquired a virtuoso piece of baroque Spanish devotional sculpture by Juan Alonso Villabrille y Ron

As an early example of Fragonard’s work, this painting of Aurora is extremely rare. It has been acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

‘Extreme Unction’, a measured masterpiece from Poussin’s first series of the Seven Sacraments, has been acquired by the Fitzwilliam Museum

57 paintings from the collection of Sir Denis Mahon have been assigned to UK museums. This modello by Giordano goes to the National Gallery

The acquisition of Veronese’s ‘Venus Disarming Cupid’ for the Worcester Art Museum was described by the director as a ‘game changer’

Michael Wellby’s bequest to the Ashmolean Museum includes close to 500 Renaissance and baroque pieces of silver and other rarities

This gem of a painting by Paul Bril depicts Saint Jerome in a mountainous landscape and was recently acquired by the Mauritshuis

This bust of Saint John the Baptist was recovered from a cache of Nazi-looted art, and now enters the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Getty has acquired one of Lieven van Lathem’s most important illuminated manuscripts, ‘The Roman de Gillion de Trazegnies’

Only 20–30 Netherlandish paintings are known to survive from the early 1400s. The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen recently acquired one

Decorative ceramic censer stands were used in Maya ceremonies. Two exceptional examples have entered the Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth

This tiered relief depicting the 12 tribes of Israel is a superlative addition to the Musée de Cluny’s impressive holdings of ivories

This alabaster head is known as Miriam, and is among 374 ancient artefacts from Tamna, Yemen given to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery this year

This rare YHD drachm is one of 1,200 silver coins dating from 5th–4th century BC gifted to the Israel Museum this year

Apollo is counting down to Christmas by taking a closer look at some of the greatest acquisitions, gifts and bequests of 2013