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A PAIR OF GERMAN REVERSE CUT-GLASS MIRROR PICTURES
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A PAIR OF GERMAN REVERSE CUT-GLASS MIRROR PICTURES

19TH CENTURY, SAXONY

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A PAIR OF GERMAN REVERSE CUT-GLASS MIRROR PICTURES
19TH CENTURY, SAXONY
Cut with classical scenes of Dido and Aeneas, and David and Goliath, within walnut and parcel-gilt frames
Each - 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65.1 x 81 cm.) (2)
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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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One of the decorative Venetian engraved mirror-pictures is inspired by Virgil's Aeneid, and depicts Dido, Queen of Carthage, hunting with the Trojan hero, Aeneas, and its companion biblical scene depicts the shepherd, David, slaying Goliath with the Philistine's own sword. The latter subject also featured on a Venetian mirror-picture sold at Sotheby's, Milan, 16/17 December 1997, lot 444. The present lot formed part of the collection assembled at Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire, by D. Kevin Smith of Windsor House Antiques of Leeds, Yorkshire and later of Dover Street, London.