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Sat, Oct 24, 2015 11:00AM EDT - Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:00AM EDT
Lot 114

ITALIAN SCHOOL: CURRUS TRIUMPHALES: FIVE PLATES

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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Five engravings with later hand-coloring on laid paper, with margins, published by Gorgio (1706-1778) and Domenico (1743-1784) Fossati in 1782. 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (sight), 15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (frame).Note: This small album commemorated the entrance into Venice by Crown Prince Paul Petrovich, son of Catherine the Great, and his second wife, Sophia Dorothea of Württenberg.Provenance: From the Collection of Boris Bahkmeteff.