Sir Paul Getty's establishment of a generous endowment for the benefit of the National Gallery has helped to make possible the acquisition of paintings by Caravaggio, Daddi, Holbein and Poussin, among others.
The endowment fund remains an ongoing legacy which continues to allow the Gallery to acquire major paintings for the nation. A further donation from the Getty family improved access to the Gallery by creating a new ground floor entrance, which was named in honour of Sir Paul Getty and opened to the public in 2004.