A few weeks ago, we heard that the Kimbell Art Museum had acquired a significant work by the artist Nicolas Poussin. Sacrament of Ordination (Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter) was housed at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. The Fort Worth museum bought the work for a hefty $24.3 million from the private collection of the Dukes of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, which held the work for 200 more than years.

The Dallas Morning News’ Michael Granberry was in London to see the work before it began its trip to its new home in the gateway to the west. Granberry explains that the painting was one of seven sacramental works made by the  painter made between 1637 and 1642.

One of the seven was destroyed by fire in 1816. A second was sold in 1939 and ended up in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1963. The third left England, where the collection had resided since 1785, and finished its 24-hour journey to Cowtown late on the night of Aug. 30.

And you can now see the work at the Kimbell for free.

Image: Nicolas Poussin’s Sacrament of Ordination (Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter) (detail)