Provenance
possibly the Earl of Halifax sale, London, 19 April 1782 (`View of Dordrecht in a Storm': sold to Nisbet for £67)
Bryan sale, London, 17-18 May 1798, nr. 1798, 'Cuyp: Thunderstorm: a grand and sublime effort of this great artist'
probably in the Baring collection, from which acquired by the Prince Regent
sent from Carlton House to Christie's on 26 May 1814
Anon. sale (Prince of Wales), Christie's, 29 June 1814, nr. 56, bought by Norton
said to have been in the collection of F. Jorden, on whose death in 1844 it was sold to T. Barber
T. Barber sale, Christie's, 5 May 1862, nr. 54
purchased by Peacock, from whose family bought by
P. and D. Colnaghi
purchased from Colnaghi's by W.C. Alexander, 10 April 1886
passed by descent to the Misses Rachel F. and Jean I. Alexander
National Gallery, London, Alexander Gift, 1972
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