Sale 9726
London, South Kensington
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3 December 2013
Price realised
GBP 1,875
Estimate
Circle of Martin van Mytens (Stockholm 1695-1770 Vienna) Portrait of a lady traditionally identified as Countess Maria Josepha von Sternberg (1712-?), half-length, in a gold embroidered dress and a green wrap, in a landscape, in a feigned oval oil on canvas 34¼ x 26.3/8 in. (87 x 67 cm.)
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