The painting was part of the reredos of the altar in the Chapel - not infrequently described as the finest twentieth century church interior in Oxford, but is rarely open for visitors to admire it.
The art collection was brought together by the then Master Fr Martin D’Arcy in the 1930s, at the time the present Campion Hall was built to the design of Sir Edwin Lutyens. There is a short biographical note on Wikipedia about him at Martin_D'Arcy
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One of his other acquisitions for the collection was in the news in 2011 when a Crucifixion was suggested to be a late work by Michelangelo, and was transferred to the Ashmolean for safety and exhibition, like the Massys, as can be read at Lost 'Michelangelo' found at Campion Hall, Oxford
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