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VILLA HELENA
VIA P. STANISLAO MANCINI, 20
ROMA (110) 
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Jacques Seligmann              December 6-th 1929.
Paintings and Works of Art
[[underlined]] 3 East 51-Street-New York. [[/underlined]]

Dear Sirs:

Knowing the deep and sincere interest you take in antique paintings that are genuine, and without dispute authentically made by the best judges of Italian art of the XV Century, the copies of these documents as well as the photographs of the original paintings, I will be glad to send to you, if you feel that you ca can and a sale for them to one of your collectors looking for rar and original works of art.

The works of art that I propose to you for sale in America, are the following:

1) [[underlined]] A Madonna and Christ,[[/underlined]] by the celebrated venetian painter [[underlined]]”Bonifazio” [[/underlined]], known by [[underlined]]Berenson [[/underlined]] as an original, and willing to testify to the same, very beautiful in colour.

2) A very rare painting of a [[underlined]]”Madonna and Christ”[[/underlined]]" by [[underlined]]Cesare da Sesto"[[/underlined]], a favourite [[underlined]] pupil of Leonardo da Vinci [[/underlined]]in perfect condition, on wood, with every proof of its authenticity by the most reliable critical experts of art of the XV-th Century.

3) A very rare [[underlined]]"Correggio”[[/underlined]], exquisite in drawing and color of the [[underlined]]"Holy Family"[[/underlined]].

4) A very fine [[underlined]]"Dominichino"[[/underlined]], representing martyrdom of St. Sebastiano, which is in a very good state of preservation.

Should these very rare works of art interest you, will you kindly let me know, and I will, if you desire, send photos of the same, as they are works that should be placed in a [[strikethrough]] very rare[[/strikethrough]] collection of an enthusiastical collector, or in a public Museum of