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Good samaritan
François Thomas de Backer (1812–1872)
£2,000 hammer
≈ $2,440≈ €2,309
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated '1845' (lower left)
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 80 x 65cm
- Auction house
- Dreweatts
- Sale
- Old Master, British and European Art (drewea1-10405)
- Date
- October 18, 2023
- Location
- Newbury, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 151
- Estimate
- £2,500 – £3,500 (≈ $3,050 – $4,269) (≈ €2,886 – €4,041)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.dreweatts.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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