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LOT 0390
Renaissance Stained Glass Roundel with a Female Martyr Saint
ITALY, TUSCANY, FLORENCE, CIRCA 1510-1520 A.D.
11 5/8 in. (613 grams, 29.5 cm wide).
With lead came surround, painted glass panel depicting a nimbate female holding a feather or quill in a landscape; probably St. Lucy; repaired. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Nesbits Auction, Portsmouth, 1 August 2018, no.58.
Private collection, Suffolk, UK.
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LOT 0390
Renaissance Stained Glass Roundel with a Female Martyr Saint
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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