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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,315–$3,087
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Collections, London · 30 April 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4354154
- Record
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French School, portrait of a boy playing with bubbles, circa 1795. Sotheby's, 30 Apr 2015, lot 744. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4354154.
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French School, portrait of a boy playing with bubbles, circa 1795. Sotheby's, 30 Apr 2015, lot 744. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4354154.
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