Sale 6245
'Ashurst, Kent'
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15 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 368
Estimate
Follower of Wolf Huber The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist pen and black ink, grey wash 227 x 173 mm.
Provenance
Conte di Bardi (L. 336)
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