Provenance
Wouter Valckenier (1705–84), Amsterdam
by descent to his widow Elizabeth Hooft (1712–96)
her sale, Rycken, Amsterdam, 31 August 1796, nr. 33, as by Rembrandt (to B. Carli for 1,413 florins)
Josephus Augustinus Brentano (1753–1821), Amsterdam, by 1813
his sale, De Vries & Brondgeest, Amsterdam, 13 May 1822, as by Rembrandt (to De Vries for 3,205 florins)
Lord Charles Townshend (1785–1853), London, by 1824
Christianus Johannes Nieuwenhuys (1775–1837)
his sale, Christie’s, London, 10 May 1833, nr. 123, as by Rembrandt (to Gordon for 610 guineas)
Sir Anthony Nathan de Rothschild (1810–76), 1st Baronet, London, 1833
by descent to his nephew, Alfred Charles de Rothschild (1842–1918), London (through Charles Davis, London, to J. Pierpont Morgan)
Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), New York, July 1909
Baron Paul Hatvany (1899–1977), London, possibly by 1960
his sale, Christie’s, London, 11 July 1980, nr. 17 (through Hans Cramer to Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann for £32,000)
Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann (1923–2000), Laren
on consignment to
Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam, 1995–96
sale, Christie’s, London, 11 April 2002, nr. 538, unsold
sale, Christie’s, New York, 19 April 2007, nr. 80 (to Johnny Van Haeften, Ltd.)
with
Johnny Van Haeften, Ltd., London
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2007
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