Literature
Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 62-63
Provenance
Michiel van Hoeken and Theodoor Hartsoeker, The Hague
their sale, The Hague, 1 May 1742 (Lugt 556), nr. 11 (405 guilders)
Willem Lormier, The Hague, 1742-1754
Govert van Slingelandt, The Hague, 1754-1767
his widow, Agatha Huydecoper, The Hague, 1767-1768
Van Slingelandt sale, The Hague, 18 May 1768 (Lugt 1683), nr. 21
the entire collection sold to Prince William V
Prince William V, The Hague, 1768-1795
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
Other works by Nicolaes Berchem
Allegory of Autumn
1670
1670
Allegory of Spring
1670
1670
Allegory of Winter
1670
1670
A man tending to a horse in a forge
The infant Jupiter suckled by a goat
1651
1651