Sale 7822
London, South Kensington
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5 December 1997
Price realised
GBP 2,070
Estimate
Manner of Francesco Albotto A Capriccio with a ruined Gothic Portico and an Obelisk with Merchants and other Figures on a Quay oil on canvas 24 x 37½in. (60.9 x 95.3cm.)
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