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Description:
Antonio Salvador Casanova y Estorach (Spanish, 1847-1898)
A Cardinal Caught Reading Rabelais
Signed and dated "Antonio Casanova y Estorach/Paris 1885" lower left.
Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (51.5 x 38.8 cm),in a period frame.
Condition: Lined, probable old retouch to background, fine, stable craquelure.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
Framed dimensions are 32 5/8 x 27 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches.
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Antonio Salvador Casanova
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