Sale 6152
London
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9 July 1999
Price realised
GBP 16,100
Estimate
Circle of the Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views (active c. 1740-1770) San Michele, Venice; and Il Redentore, Venice oil on canvas 11 x 18.3/8 in. (28.5 x 46.7 cm.); and 11 x 18.7/8 in. (29.2 x 47.9 cm.) a pair (2)
Provenance
Lord William Percy (1882-1963), and by descent.
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Lord William Percy was the son of Henry, 7th Duke of Northumberland. It is uncertain whether the present pictures were amongst those works that he inherited from his father, and that had formerly been housed at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland.
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