19th CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTER Edges of Venice, the Campanile in the distance, 1871 Oil on panel Unidentified signature and date '71' lower right 14.4 x 28.6 cm. Oil on panel, bears an unidentified signature and dated lower right, 5.66 x 11.25 in, provenance: artist's descent PROVENANCE Descendants of Charles Pécrus.

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