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A set of four Italian silk, embroidered and watercolour applique panels, second quarter 18th century

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 EUR

Lot Details

Description

depicting biblical scenes: Jael hammering a tent peg into the temple of the sleeping Sisera, Queen Esther before King Ahasuerus, Judith and Holofornes, and King Solomon with the Queen of Sheba, set in fruitwood frames


Overall framed 43.5 x 56cm; 17 1/8in. x 22in.

panel only 38 x 50.5 cm; 15in. x 19 7/8in.

Sotheby's, Milan, 8-9 June 1999, lot 366;

Dodie Rosekrans Collection, New York;

Sotheby's, New York, Rosekrans, 8 December 2011, lot 427.