Sale 5087
Paris
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24 June 2004
Price realised
EUR 27,025
Estimate
ECOLE MEXICAINE DU XVIIIEME SIECLE L'apparition de la Vierge de Mexico signé 'josef Alm..rin pin' (en bas à gauche) Huile sur cuivre 46,5 x 35,2 cm. (18¼ x 13 7/8 in.)
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