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Old Masters
Auctioneer: Chiswick Auctions Location: London W3 8BL
Contact: Tel: +44(0)20 8992 4442
Date: 31st January 2018 Time: 11:00AM
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Saturday 27th January 11am to 5pm
Sunday 28th January 11am to 5pm
Monday 29th January 10am to 6pm
Tuesday 30th January 10am to 6pm
Wednesday 31st January 10am to 11am
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Auction Lots - Page 1
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Click to view full image... PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 1-5, 14 & 57)
AFTER JAN GOSSAERT, CALLED MABUSE
Holy Family
oil on panel, unframed
51.3 x 36.8 cm.
After the picture in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with variations.
£1,000-£1,500
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Click to view full image... MANNER OF QUENTIN MASSYS
Madonna and Child
inscribed 'Elisabetta Sirani-Born in the year 1638 / Died in the year 1665 / Born at Bolo… / Mother and Child / On .....said to be painted by this lady' (on a label on the reverse); inscribed 'This picture has been / in our family over / a hundred years / G. A. Patton' (on a label on the reverse); inscribed 'Duck Lane Wardour Street / Mr G. Morril. liner / Sirani Elizabetta / born at Bologna in 1638 / she imitated the best style of Guido' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on panel, shaped top
41.6 x 30.3 cm.
Provenance:
By descent to G. A. Patton (according to an old label on the reverse).
Mr G. Morril (according to an old label on the reverse).
£3,000-£5,000
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Click to view full image... MANNER OF AELBRECHT BOUTS
The Mater Dolorosa
oil on panel, unframed
36.1 x 25.8 cm.
Relates to the picture of the mid 1490s in Fogg Museum, Cambridge, United States of America, with variations.
£1,000-£1,500
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Click to view full image... GREEK SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Quadripartite icon of The raising of Lazarus; St George and the Dragon; The dog-headed St Christopher and St Demetrios
inscribed in Greek
painted and gilded on panel, unframed
63.7 x 45.6 cm.
£3,000-£5,000
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Click to view full image... CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Classical figures carrying a woman onto a boat, probably The Rape of Helen
verre églomisé, probably painted on glass
8.7 x 9.7 cm.
Possibly from a casket or devotional piece.
Provenance:
(probably) Sir Alfred Beit; Sotheby's, London, 7 October 1948, lot 25.
£300-£500
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Click to view full image... AFTER CORNEILLE DE LA HAYE, CALLED CORNEILLE DE LYON
Portrait of Jean d'Albon, Lord of Saint-André (1472-1549)
oil on panel, unframed
17 x 14.5 cm.
After the picture in the Louvre of c.1550.
£500-£700
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF GORTZIUS GELDORP (LEUVEN 1553-1616)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress and fur-lined coat, lace ruff and cap
with the sitter's coat-of-arms (upper right)
oil on panel
84.3 x 62 cm.
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 April 1999, lot 67.
£4,000-£6,000
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Click to view full image... AFTER SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS
Self-Portrait
oil on canvas
84.5 x 61 cm.
After the picture of 1623 in the Royal Collection.
£1,000-£1,500
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF JACOB JORDAENS
Man holding a glass
oil on panel
25.7 x 22.1 cm.
£300-£500
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
oil on canvas, unframed
79 x 63.2 cm.
Provenance:
Frank Guymer, Kingston on Thames; Christie's, London, 19 November 1948, lot 132 (£21 to Clappins).
£1,000-£1,500
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Click to view full image... ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a brown doublet
oil on canvas
73.5 x 62.2 cm.
£700-£1,000
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Click to view full image... AFTER REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black coat and hat
watercolour heightened with gum arabic and scratching out on paper
28.5 x 25 cm.
After an oil painting formerly attributed to Rembrandt in a Private Collection, London. The original portrait is now attributed to the Studio of Rembrandt and possibly to pupil Carel Fabritius (Middenbeemster 1622-1654 Delft).
£250-£350
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF PIETER NEEFS II (ANTWERP 1620-AFTER 1685)
Mass in a Gothic church
oil on panel
24.5 x 19.7 cm.
£1,500-£2,000
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Click to view full image... PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 1-5, 14 & 57)
AFTER GERARD TER BORCH
The card players
oil on panel, unframed
27 x 21 cm.
After the picture of 1645-50 in the Collection of Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur.
£1,000-£1,500
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF MICHIEL VAN MIEREVELT (DELFT 1566-1641)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, with a ruff collar
oil on panel
49 x 39.6 cm.
£2,000-£3,000
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Click to view full image... DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Roses in a glass vase on a wooden ledge
oil on panel
44 x 34.5 cm.
Provenance:
Mary A. Oakley, 1883 (according to an old label on the reverse).
£2,000-£3,000
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Click to view full image... ENGLISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Portrait of Sir Richard Hutton (1560-1639), Justice of the Common Pleas, bust-length, in his robes
oil on panel
58 x 43.9 cm.
Provenance:
Sir John Musgrave, Eden Hall, 1797, by descent to,
Sir Richard George Musgrave,
his sale; Christie's, London, 4 December 1925, lot 55 (purchased on behalf of the sixth Earl of Harewood),
his sale; Christie's, London, 22 June 1951, lot 32.
his sale; Christie's, London 12 October 1951, lot 71. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 March 1985, lot 157.
Literature:
T. Borenius, Catalogue of the Pictures in the Collection of the Earl of Harewood, 1936, p.122, no.268.
Another version of this portrait is in Gray's Inn, London.
£1,500-£2,000
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Click to view full image... STUDIO OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LÜBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
Portrait of King William III (1650-1702), half-length, in robes of state, holding the orb
inscribed and dated 'KING WILLIAM / OB: 1702 : AET: 52.' (centre left)
oil on canvas
93.9 x 79.4 cm.
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 November 1979, lot 96, as 'Wissing'.
£3,000-£5,000
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF JOHN MICHAEL WRIGHT (LONDON 1617-1694)
Portrait of George Monck (1608-1670), 1st Duke of Albemarle, three-quarter-length, in armour, a landscape with Charles II landing at Dover in 1660 beyond
inscribed 'GIORGIO MONK [sic] DUCA DI ALBERMALE [sic] CAPITAN GENERALE / DEL REGNO D'INGHILTERRA, E DUE VOLTE AMMIRAGLIO DEL M' (along the top edge)
oil on canvas, unframed
126 x 102.5 cm.
This portrait celebrates the key role that Monck played in the Restoration Settlement in 1660 that led to the return of Charles II to Great Britain, which undoubtedly marked the very height of Monck's distinguished career. Monck had skilfully masterminded the agreement between Parliament and the exiled Stuart court. He was ideally positioned to negotiate a peaceful change of power; he was a member of the council of state and commander-in-chief of all military units in Britain. In return, Monck was created Baron Monck of Potheridge, Beauchamp, and Teyes, Earl of Torrington and Duke of Albemarle. He was also made Master of the Horse in the restored Royal court and presented with the insignia of the Garter by the King himself.
The prime version of this particular composition is in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Two further portraits by Wright of Monck, which differ in composition from the present lot, exist. One of which appeared on the art market in 2009, formerly at Powderham Castle, and the other currently at Longleat House.
£10,000-£15,000
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LÜBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a red robe and white chemise
oil on canvas, oval, the corners made up
76.4 x 63.3 cm.
£2,000-£3,000
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY (WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in an ochre dress
oil on canvas
59.2 x 48.5 cm.
£2,000-£3,000
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Click to view full image... JOHN VERELST (LONDON FL.1698-1734) AND WILLEM VERELST (?-AFTER 1756 LONDON)
Portrait of a lady, in a blue dress, seated in an interior with a young girl
signed and dated 'John & W:m Verelst / Pinx: 1731' (centre left) oil on copper
45.4 x 36.6 cm.
£3,000-£5,000
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Click to view full image... ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a green dress
oil on canvas
67.1 x 56.5 cm.
£1,000-£1,500
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Click to view full image... ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a white dress
oil on panel, oval
68.4 x 57.2 cm.
£1,500-£2,000
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Click to view full image... ENGLISH SCHOOL, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in black
with inscription 'Lady Don' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
47.8 x 40 cm.
£600-£800
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF THOMAS HUDSON (DEVON 1701-1779 TWICKENHAM)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Frances Hanbury Williams (1709-1781), half-length, in van Dyck costume, a feigned oval
oil on canvas
77.3 x 64.6 cm.
£2,000-£3,000
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY, A.R.A. (DERBY 1734-1797)
Portrait of a gentleman, in a red cloak, writing at a table
oil on canvas, unframed
127.2 x 101.2 cm.
Provenance:
Countess of Strafford. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 June 1937, lot 89 (to Wilson).
£1,500-£2,000
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Click to view full image... ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
View of Lincoln Cathedral
oil on panel
45 x 56 cm.
Provenance:
Bickersteth (according to an inscription on the reverse)
£800-£1,200
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF JOHN CONSTABLE
Figures on a country lane
with added initials 'JC' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17.8 x 23 cm.
£500-£700
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Click to view full image... PETER MONAMY (LONDON 1681-1749)
Admiralty yachts competing in a trial of sailing off Harwich, in a fresh breeze
oil on canvas, unframed
71.5 x 112.5 cm.
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Hotel Drouot, Paris, 5 April 1978, lot 132, as 'Attributed to Ludolf Bakhuizen.'
Literature:
M.S. Robinson, The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes, London, 1990, vol. II, pp. 993-994, no. 795 [2], as 'English Yachts at Sea in a Fresh Breeze'.
Peter Monamy is amongst the first English-born and trained marine painters. The artist's works, with their accurate depiction of shipping details and attention to weather were very popular and widely reproduced, at a time when the English sea power and commerce scene were growing rapidly.
Monamy belongs to a generation of artists highly influenced by the Dutch family of van de Velde, who came to London in 1672 and were commissioned to paint sea battles for Charles II. He collected works by Willem van de Velde II and often copied whole compositions, adding details of his own. The source of the present lot's composition is an untraced original by van de Velde II, known through a rare mezzotint by Richard Houston (1721-1775), A Fresh Gale, with Several Ships turning to Windward, Also a distant View of a Fleet at Anchor, (see The Mariner's Mirror: Journal of the Society for Nautical Research, vol. I, January 1911, p. 28). The mezzotint is more compact in shape and according to Robinson (op cit. Robinson, 1990, pp.993-994) there are numerous small differences, which are enough to suggest that the present lot is not the original used by the engraver. Robinson notes that the gaffs of the mainsail and foresail of the two schooner-rigged yachts are considerably longer than the ones in the engraving, which dates the present lot well into the 18th century and suggests that it was painted later than the Houston's mezzotint. Also, the church spire of St Nicholas, Harwich, is clearly visible on the distant shoreline in the present lot, while the mezzotint shows no land at all.
The subject appears to be a trial of sailing between two admiralty yachts, each rigged with two bezan sails, similar to the ones Dutch speeljachten (pleasure yachts) had serving to distinguish them from the single masted States yachts. The yacht with five gun ports, on the left of the composition, is thought to be Sir Phineas Pett's Isabella Bezan, built in 1680.
£3,000-£5,000
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Click to view full image...Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF MARIO NUZZI, CALLED MARIO DEI FIORI
Chrysanthemums, roses and other flowers in a sculpted vase on a stone ledge; and Tulips, carnations, and other flowers in a sculpted vase on a stone plinth
oil on canvas
128.5 x 89.2 cm.
a pair (2)
£8,000-£12,000
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Click to view full image... ATTRIBUTED TO GASPARE SACCHI (IMOLA ACTIVE 1517-1536)
The Annunciation
oil on panel, integrated frame
59.3 x 46 cm.
£4,000-£6,000
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF FRANCESCO GUARDI
Figures at the corner of St Mark's Square
oil on canvas
10 x 18.6 cm.
£400-£600
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI PAOLO PANINI
An architectural capriccio with figures conversing
oil on canvas
46.8 x 35.8 cm.
£400-£600
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Click to view full image... AFTER ANDREA LOCATELLI
A landscape with bandits and a dog
oil on canvas, unlined, unframed
36 x 30.7 cm.
Provenance:
By descent through the owner's family.
After the picture of c.1725-30 in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
£600-£800
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF SALVATOR ROSA (ARANELLA 1615-1673 ROME)
Three soldiers in conversation
oil on paper, laid down on panel
27.3 x 19.2 cm.
The present lot appears to relate to Rosa's Figurine series, a celebrated and widely copied group of 62 etchings of military and genre figures. Many artists used Rosa's figures as a source of inspiration and prototypes. This lot is not a direct copy after one of Rosa's designs, but is clearly inspired by his soldier groups.
£500-£700
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Click to view full image... CARL GUSTAF PLAGEMANN (SÖDERTÄLJE, SWEDEN 1805-1868 ROME)
Mad Meg (Dulle Griet)
signed and dated 'Carl Plageman. / 1829' (lower left)
oil on canvas, unframed
52 x 49 cm.
Mad Meg or Dulle Griet is a much debated subject, which is best known through Pieter Brueghel the Elder's (1525-1569) interpretation in Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp. In the present lot Mad Meg fiercely takes on demons in hell and, like in Brueghel's picture, she is depicted as an aggressive and deranged figure clutching her loot. The first question that arises is, how can a mortal woman move in and out of hell freely? Perhaps magical powers and wizardry are at play and the artist is commenting on the witch hunts that swept across Europe in the middle ages. Or perhaps the subject Mad Meg delves deeper into the perception of women at the time. Dulle Griet was a term used for women with undesirable qualities and when Brueghel painted there were several powerful women on thrones throughout Europe, which could imply that Mad Meg was a personification of the concern that women were not staying in their places and taking over roles that were traditionally destined for men alone - a lasting concern throughout centuries for many. Mad Meg's masculine features in the present lot could certainly point towards such a line of thought. On a more positive note Mad Meg can be seen as a brave hero, retrieving treasures that were stolen from or squandered by humanity. Another interpretation could be that the delusional and dishevelled looking woman suffers from a mental illness, such as schizophrenia. (see: The Witch, The Weird and The Wonderful 'Dulle Griet: The Many Faces of Mad Meg' http://winsham.blogspot.co.uk/)
£800-£1,200
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Click to view full image... BERNARD KEIL, CALLED MONSÙ BERNARDO (HELSINGØR 1624-1687 ROME)
Bringing up children
oil on canvas
110 x 80 cm.
We are grateful to Minna Heimbürger for confirming the attribution. This painting will be included in a future addendum to her catalogue raisonné.
£1,000-£2,000
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Click to view full image... ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Old man putting an ointment on his chest
oil on canvas
67 x 51 cm.
£2,000-£3,000
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Click to view full image... BERNARD KEIL, CALLED MONSÙ BERNARDO (HELSINGØR 1624-1687 ROME)
Sealing a letter
oil on canvas
97 x 73.5 cm.
We are grateful to Minna Heimbürger for confirming the attribution. This painting will be included in a future addendum to her catalogue raisonné.
£4,000-£6,000
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Click to view full image... ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
The Mater Dolorosa
oil on canvas
46 x 35.4 cm
£1,500-£2,000
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
Santa Rosa de Lima
oil on canvas, unframed
106.8 x 80 cm.
£1,200-£1,800
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Click to view full image... FRENCH FOLLOWER OF CARAVAGIO, 17TH CENTURY
St. Jerome in his study
oil on canvas
85.3 x 102.4 cm.
£7,000-£10,000
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Click to view full image... GIUSEPPE NUVOLONE (MILAN 1619-1703)
The Adoration
oil on canvas
115 x 176.6 cm.
We are grateful to Filippo Maria Ferro for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph. Ferro dates this hitherto unpublished work to Nuvolone's mature years and notes that the strong contrast between light and dark is rare in his oeuvre.
Giuseppe Nuvolone was born into a family of painters. His father Panfilo (1581-1651) and brother Carlo Francesco (1609-1702) were both successful painters in their native Lombardy. The young Giuseppe worked closely with his brother and was deeply influenced by him, but as he matured, his style became more distinct. As visible in the present lot, Giuseppe's mature works are very Baroque and characterised by deep colours. He was a gifted narrator, capable of designing evocative works on a large scale. Giuseppe therefore received important commissions throughout his lifetime in Milan, Cremona and Brescia. Delicate and vigorous at the same time, Nuvolone has beautifully combined soft emotions and chiaroscuro to create a powerful image of The Adoration.
£20,000-£30,000
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Click to view full image... JUSTUS SUSTERMANS (ANTWERP 1597-1681 FLORENCE)
Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere (1622-1694), bust-length, in a black dress with a lace collar and diamond brooch
oil on canvas
66.8 x 52 cm.
£3,000-£5,000
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Click to view full image... CIRCLE OF JEAN-BAPTISTE SANTERRE (MAGNY-EN-VEXIN 1651-1717 PARIS)
Girl beside a curtain
oil on canvas, unframed
60.5 x 50.2 cm.
£1,000-£1,500
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Click to view full image... ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLAS MIGNARD (TROYES 1606-1668 PARIS)
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a white dress with gold trim and blue wrap
oil on canvas
61.1 x 50.3 cm.
£4,000-£6,000
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Click to view full image... FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Portrait of Charles de la Porte (1602-1664), Duc de la Meilleraye, in armour
oil on canvas, unframed
52.1 x 41 cm.
De la Porte was a French nobleman and talented general, who was awarded the important military distinction Maréchal de France for his capture of the town Hesdin in 1639 under the reign of King Louis XIII.
£2,000-£3,000
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Click to view full image... FOLLOWER OF DIRCK VAN DELEN
An architectural capriccio
with added initials 'D.R' (lower right)
oil on panel
26.9 x 37.1 cm.
£400-£600
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Old Masters
Auctioneer: Chiswick Auctions Location: London W3 8BL
Contact: Tel: +44(0)20 8992 4442
Date: 31st January 2018 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Saturday 27th January 11am to 5pm
Sunday 28th January 11am to 5pm
Monday 29th January 10am to 6pm
Tuesday 30th January 10am to 6pm
Wednesday 31st January 10am to 11am
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