Sale 1054
Paris
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16 - 17 February 2011
Price realised
EUR 1,375
Estimate
ATTRIBUE A PAOLO ANESI (1700-1761) Le mausolée de Cecilia Metella à Rome pinceau et lavis gris, rehaussé de blanc sur papier bleu-gris 24 x 40,4 cm. (9½ x 15 7/8 in.)
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CECILIA METELLA'S TOMB, GREY WASH HEIGHTENED WITH WHITE, ATTRIBUTED TO PAOLO ANESI
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