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LOT 1953
Painting of a Saint by a Follower of Giovanni Bellini
ITALY, 1430-1516 A.D.
12 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (1.26 kg total, 32 x 27.5 cm).
Depicting a bust of a bearded mature man, probably a saint, wearing a yellow cloak and a lighter undergarment, looking to the side with a pensive expression, with a small tuft of grey hair on top of his head; oil on copper panel and set in a moulded frame, an old label on the reverse 'Italian School: 'Study of a Man with a Grey Beard' oil on copper, 7 x 5ins.'
ProvenancePrivate collection, London, UK.
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