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Finnish website of the National Board of Antiquities said that the prince Galitsin bought for Catherine paintings and works of art at auction in Amsterdam. Total 313 items were sold , but which of them bought Galitsin - is unknown.
There is information , however, that it had bought a triptych by Gerard Dou tree /Gerard Dou (1748-1771), copied in his time Willem Joseph Laquy, but it is unlikely he was tightly packed and in the best case, the painting could survive only fragments. Total on board is unusual and should be 11 paintings on wood. What tapes zinc tubes for paintings, then , as they say the Finns, and there is not yet any certainty that they were completely seal the .