Sale 2311
Amsterdam
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30 October 1996
Price realised
NLG 3,690
Estimate
Munich School, circa 1858 Bacchante: A pensive Italian girl indistinctly dated lower right 1858 (?) oil on canvas, oval 46.3 x 41.5 cm
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