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Lot 424

[UNKNOWN ARTIST]. Untitled Early Portrait of St. Benedict w...

Estimate: $200 - $400

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[UNKNOWN ARTIST].?Untitled Early Portrait of St. Benedict with a Book Showing His Famous Motto.?[Ca. 18th?? 19th?centuries]. Oil on canvas. No signature visible. St. Benedict holding a book with his motto: ?Asculta o Fili" / ?Praecept Magistri" (?Listen, my Son to the Master's Instruction"). Sight approximately 23 x 16 ?". Wooden frame. Frame size approximately 28 ? x 21 ?". Painting is soiled, 3 cloth repairs on verso with paint fill on front of painting, wrinkling, varnish shows a bit of pitting, frame is worn, scuffed.