Sale 5433
London, South Kensington
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2 December 2008
Price realised
GBP 1,125
Estimate
Manner of Jan de Bray Portrait of a boy in an armoured breastplate oil on canvas 17¼ x 13½ in. (43.8 x 34.3 cm.)
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