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Lot 1031

George I Mirror with Large Pastoral Landscape

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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British, probably early 18th century, horizontal format inset with a painting of shepherds tending flocks on a country hillside (Follower of Claude Lorrain, French, 1600-1682), unsigned, oil on canvas; gilt gesso and wood frame with three beveled mirror panels, 51-1/4 x 60 in., Provenance: M. Darling, Washington, D.C. (accompanied by facsimile of original receipt); Collection from an Important American Family

Condition

painting lined with repairs, retouch, crackle, yellowed varnish; mirrors with some loss to silvering; frame with original gilt surface with some losses