Sale 2657
New York
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26 January 2012
Price realised
USD 25,000
Estimate
Giambattista Pittoni (Venice 1687-1767) The Madonna at prayer oil on copper 7 7/8 x 5¾ in. (20 x 14.6 cm.)
Provenance
Joresco Collection, Chicago.
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Literature
F. Zava Boccazzi, Pittoni: l'opera completa, Venice, 1979, no. 45, p. 125, fig. 454.
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