Sale 2406
Amsterdam
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9 March 1999
Price realised
NLG 3,745
Estimate
G.V.D. (mid-19th century) A stable interior with a girl feeding chickens signed and dated lower left G.V.D./1839 oil on canvas 50 x 62 cm
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The attribution may read G. van Doornik (fl.1835-1839) See illustration
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