Precious painting graces wall of GP clinic

Medicine and art meet at a practice in the UK, where the National Gallery is taking its treasures to the people
Artemisia Gentileschi
Gentileschi’s Self-portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

Forget old copies of celebrity magazines. One GP clinic in the UK is raising the bar for waiting-time entertainment by displaying a rare multi-million dollar painting.

Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria is currently wowing staff and patients at the Pocklington Group Practice in East Yorkshire.