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Lot 79 · Sotheby's N07979

Portrait of a Child

English Primitive School · oil on canvas

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$3,000–$5,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Sotheby's N07979 · 7 April 2004
Record ID
TB-2026-3038160
Record
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English Primitive School, Portrait of a Child. Sotheby's, 7 Apr 2004, lot 79. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3038160.

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