01-10-201501-10-2015
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January 10, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Continental School, 18th/19th Century Mother and Sleeping Child (Madonna and Child) with a Vase of Flowers Behind Them

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$615$500
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2776BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 10, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Continental School, 18th/19th Century

Mother and Sleeping Child (Madonna and Child) with a Vase of Flowers Behind Them
Unsigned.
Oil on a round panel, diameter 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm),in a round frame with center crest (crown).
Condition: Paint losses, retouch, craquelure, surface grime.

Provenance: Property from the estate of Sir Alasdair Munro of Lindertis, BT.
Estimate $300-500

Two partial labels on the reverse with inscriptions largely gone or illegible, except ".../Guercino.../formerly in the collection/...Earl of Salisbury/...Marquis of Rockingham." Numbered on two gummed labels, "24711" and "7822," on the reverse.


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Keywords

Continental School, Madonna, BT, Alasdair Munro