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La Salle des Enchères Saint-Quentin
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Provenance Pierre Jean Mariette.
See original version (French)
316
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Provenance Pierre Jean Mariette.
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
Provenance Pierre Jean Mariette.
French school, mid 18th century, humorous subject, woman with pig's head, black stone.
Stamped lower left M. (Lugt-2097)
Inscription on the back. "This was a joke devised to catch people who, on the faith of what they were told, that was a girl with the snout of a pig, they came out deceived and to have companions, they claimed to have seen her".
See original version (French)
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