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An embroidered picture worked in coloured silks on an ivory satin silk ground, applied with metal thread and seed pearls and garnets with the crowned Virgin in a blue mantle praying over the sleeping baby Jesus, a coat of arms containg an eagle above a tree beneath a cardinal's hat to the left, and green drapery pulled back to the right, to the base with EGO DORMIO ET COR MEVM VIGILAT in ink, the piece applied on green silk damask--8 x 11in. (20 x 27cm.), Italian, possibly 18th century, framed and glazed, some traces of paint, mostly on the faces and hands See Colour Plate 2
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An embroidered picture worked in coloured silks on an ivory satin silk ground, applied with metal thread and seed pearls and garnets with the crowned Virgin in a blue mantle praying over the sleeping baby Jesus, a coat of arms containg an eagle above a tree beneath a cardinal's hat to the left, and green drapery pulled back to the right, to the base with EGO DORMIO ET COR MEVM VIGILAT in ink, the piece applied on green silk damask--8 x 11in. (20 x 27cm.), Italian, possibly 18th century, framed and glazed, some traces of paint, mostly on the faces and hands See Colour Plate 2

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An embroidered picture worked in coloured silks on an ivory satin silk ground, applied with metal thread and seed pearls and garnets with the crowned Virgin in a blue mantle praying over the sleeping baby Jesus, a coat of arms containg an eagle above a tree beneath a cardinal's hat to the left, and green drapery pulled back to the right, to the base with EGO DORMIO ET COR MEVM VIGILAT in ink, the piece applied on green silk damask--8 x 11in. (20 x 27cm.), Italian, possibly 18th century, framed and glazed, some traces of paint, mostly on the faces and hands
See Colour Plate 2
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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