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Lot 455
Pair of Italian Old Master Paintings, 18th century
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, unsigned, both featuring figures and animals in extensive landscapes, one scene may depict the "Flight into Egypt" while the pendant may depict "The Return to Canaan," presented in later gilt composition frames, the verso of each canvas inscribed "Wm L. G. Allasi."

SS 20.25 x 36 in.; DOA 26.5 x 41.5 in.

Purchased by the consignor's father in Rome while on his Grand Tour in 1920.

The painting featuring the castle bears an old patch on the verso; both with craquelure and slight slack to canvas; both with scattered touch-ups visible under black light inspection; some minor nicks to the frames.

$2,000 - 4,000