Sale 5199
London, South Kensington
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6 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,500
Estimate
A SET OF FOUR SOUTH GERMAN LIMEWOOD PANELS OF THE EVANGELISTS 17TH CENTURY Each writing a gospel in interior or landscape settings carved with furniture and domestic utensils with their respective attributes set in ebonised wood frames, the frames later joined together into one strip 11¼ x 36¾in. (28.5 x 93.5cm.) overall
Provenance
Old Kirk, Braddan, The Isle of Man. Sold by order of the Vicar and Wardens of the church of Braddan with a faculty from the Diocese of Sodor and Man.
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