Literature

Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 110-111

Provenance

Coenraet, Baron Droste, The Hague, before 1717-1734
his sale, The Hague, 21 July 1734 (Lugt 442), nr. 76 (195 guilders)
Thomas, Count De Fraula, Brussels
his sale, Paris, 21 July 1738 (Lugt 488), nr. 200 (40 guilders)
Prince William IV, Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, in or before 1751
Prince William V, The Hague, 1751-1795
confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum central des arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815
Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816
transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822
on loan to Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (inv. no. B 1492), since 2009

External links

RKD 25024
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 33

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