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Sat, May 16, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1255

British School Portrait

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

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(18th century)Portrait of an Man Holding a Flute, said to be Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), British composer, unsigned, inscribed on stretcher, oil on canvas, 26-3/4 x 22-1/4 in.; modern gilt wood frame, 30-3/4 x 26-3/8 in.Provenance: Estate of William A. Little, Charlottesville, Virginia

Condition

lined with paste and linen, crackle, cupping, cleavage, flaking, yellowed varnish, stamped 22434; frame with abrasions
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