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Circle of Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, 1727-1785)
The Education of Achilles
ink and watercolour on paper
Preparatory study for the painting of Chiron instructing Achilles with the bow, painted for an ante-room at Lansdowne House. A signed version is in the Fitzwilliam Museum no.3303
21.5 x 19.5cmTRUEGood honest condition, slight undulation so not laid down, some even discolouration of the paper, colours probably a little faded but still fair, under glass in a later washline mount and plain gilt frame.

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3rd Dec 24 at 10am GMT