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Old Master painting by the 18th century Italian landscape artist Andrea Locatelli priced in the region of €240,000 by L’Horizon Chimérique.

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The large, 4ft x 5ft 9in (1.22 x 1.75m) oil on canvas, which is in its original frame, depicts a biblical episode showing Hagar and Ishmael being saved from dying of thirst by an angel who points to a spring.

The work was formerly in the collection of Louis-François de Bourbon, prince de Conti (1717-76).

It is priced in the region of €240,000.