Sale 5075
Paris
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2 - 3 December 2003
Price realised
EUR 11,985
Estimate
EUGENE-LOUIS LAMI (1800-1890) L'arrivée de Louis XIV au château de Fontainebleau; Lemoisne no. 1212 signé et daté 'E. LAMI. 1863.' mine de plomb, aquarelle, gouache 193 x 335 mm. (7 5/8 x 13¼ in.)
Provenance
Collection Baron James de Rothschild.
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Post Lot Text
A DRAWING DEPICTING LOUIS XIV ARRIVING AT FONTAINEBLEAU BY LAMI
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