Sale 9726
London, South Kensington
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3 December 2013
Price realised
GBP 1,625
Estimate
Nicolas Henri Joseph Fassin (Liège 1728-1811) A young herdsman watering his cattle and goats, a village and windmill beyond signed, inscribed and dated 'Cheval. Fassin / fecit à Genéve en / 1769' (upper centre, on the reverse) oil on canvas, unlined 15 x 18½ in. (38 x 47 cm.)
Provenance
with E. Burkhalter & Co., Zurich. (according to a label on the reverse).
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