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Lot 48 · Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours

An officer experiencing a vision of the Madonna and Child appearing to Saint Anthony Abbot and another monk, inscribed in a lunette

Pietro Fancelli · oil on grey (formerly blue) paper with a printed text on the verso

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Estimate
£2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,543–$3,815
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours , London · 4 July 2023
Dimensions
37 x 59 cm (14 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.)
Record ID
TB-2026-3346417
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pietro Fancelli, An officer experiencing a vision of the Madonna and Child appearing to Saint Anthony Abbot and another monk, inscribed in a lunette. Christie's, 4 Jul 2023, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3346417.

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Pietro Fancelli, An officer experiencing a vision of the Madonna and Child appearing to Saint Anthony Abbot and another monk, inscribed in a lunette. Christie's, 4 Jul 2023, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3346417.

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