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LOT 2110

Large Renaissance Full Length Window Covers with Saints

16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

75 5/8 x 17 1/2 in. (20.2 kg total, 192 x 44.5 cm each).

A pair of full-length display windows carefully composed from 16th century stained glass including Northern French and Flemish roundels depicting Christian saints, crowned monograms, floral and other motifs. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

Constructed by an antiquarian connoisseur, in the late 19th century.
with Galeries de Chartres, 8 March 2009.
Ex central London gallery.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12559-230646.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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LOT 2110

Large Renaissance Full Length Window Covers with Saints

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

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