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LOT 1846
Watercolour Painting of a Soldier
GERMANY, 18TH CENTURY A.D.
14 x 11 in. (146 grams total, 35.5 x 28 cm including frame).
Hand-tinted figure of a 16th century soldier advancing on a green base with raised shield and drawn sword, basket-hilted sword at his left hip, slashed doublet and knee-length hose, cabaset with plume; all within a red rectangular frame with (blank) title panel below; mounted in a dark green reveal. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA, formed in the 1980s.
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