Denis Mahon
Sir Denis Mahon | |
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Mahon in 1980 | |
| Born | John Denis Mahon 8 November 1910 London, England |
| Died | 24 April 2011 (aged 100) 33 Cadogan Square, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Art collector and historian |
Sir John Denis Mahon, CH, CBE, FBA (8 November 1910 – 24 April 2011) was a British collector and historian of Italian art. Considered to be one of the few art collectors who was also a respected scholar, he is generally credited, alongside Sacheverell Sitwell and Tancred Borenius, with bringing Italian pre-Baroque and Baroque painters to the attention of English-speaking audiences, reversing the critical aversion to their work that had prevailed from the time of John Ruskin.