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Letter concerning two paintings by M. da Caravaggio

23 May 1871

Title

Letter concerning two paintings by M. da Caravaggio

Date

23 May 1871

Archive reference number

NG42/12/2

Description

Letter from Tom Vellay to John Prescott Knight, Secretary of the Royal Academy, offering for sale two paintings by Caravaggio in Malta, one a portrait of the Grand Master and the other 'The Decollation [Beheading] of St. John.' The offer was declined.

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