Sale 9726
London, South Kensington
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3 December 2013
Price realised
GBP 1,500
Estimate
Manner of Orazio Grevenbroeck A Mediterranean harbour with figures conversing and playing cards in the foreground, others unloading ships, and men-o'-war by a fortress on the docks oil on canvas 36 x 49¼ in. (125.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from a gallery in the South of France in 1980.
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