Lot Essay
An oil-sketch of the same subject was sold at Campo, Antwerp, 12 May 1970, lot 449, ill. (photograph recorded at the R.K.D., The Hague).
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La bonne nouvelle
Details
Gerard Portielje (Belgian, 1856-1929)
La bonne nouvelle
signed and inscribed 'Gerard Portielje.Antwerpen' (lower left)
oil on canvas
42 x 56 cm.
La bonne nouvelle
signed and inscribed 'Gerard Portielje.Antwerpen' (lower left)
oil on canvas
42 x 56 cm.
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