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COINS AND CAMBIST SCALES
Tempera on parc…

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EUROPEAN PAINTER, XVII CENTURY COINS AND CAMBIST SCALES Tempera on parchment applied to canvas, 18 x 24 cm. ORIGIN Roman family CONDITION REPORT Twentieth-century reintelo. Some spots of restoration in the lower part FRAME Gilt wood frame with pods, dots and lines borders, 19th century

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EUROPEAN PAINTER, XVII CENTURY COINS AND CAMBIST SCALES Tempera on parchment applied to canvas, 18 x 24 cm. ORIGIN Roman family CONDITION REPORT Twentieth-century reintelo. Some spots of restoration in the lower part FRAME Gilt wood frame with pods, dots and lines borders, 19th century

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