Sale 6052
London
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17 - 18 December 1998
Price realised
GBP 2,070
Estimate
Salvator Rosa The Rescue of the Infant Oedipus; and The Fall of the Giants (Bartsch XX 8; 21) etchings with drypoint, 1663, good impressions, framed each averaging Sight S. 716 x 475mm. (2)
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