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    30 June - 1 July 2009

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    Lot 132

    A PAIR OF DUTCH HANDCOLOURED COPPER ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE PEDIMENTS OF THE ROYAL PALACE ON THE DAM SQUARE IN AMSTERDAM

    18TH CENTURY

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    EUR 4,000

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    EUR 1,500 - EUR 2,500

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    A PAIR OF DUTCH HANDCOLOURED COPPER ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE PEDIMENTS OF THE ROYAL PALACE ON THE DAM SQUARE IN AMSTERDAM
    18TH CENTURY
    FACADE DU COTE DE L'ORIENT VIS-A-VIS LE DAM and FACADE DU DERRIERE DU COTE DE L'OCCIDENT, numbered IX and XIII, each with text in Latin and with attribution of the scnes to A. & H. Quellinus; framed and glazed, unexamined out of frame
    41 x 166 cm. (plates) (2)

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    Lot Essay

    For an image of the Palace on the Dam with the pediment to the front visible, see page 22.

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