Adriaen van der Werff

Provenance

Possibly sold directly from the artist via Lambert van der Truijn to Gregory Page, Greenwich, 1722
sold by his heirs in 1783 via Bertels to King Louis XVI (1754-1793), Paris
to a Citoyen le Rouge, December 1796 (in exchange for a portrait by Poussin)
Count Sergei Stroganoff (1795-1882), Saint Petersburg
their estate sale, Lepke, Berlin, 12-13 May 1931, nr. 95 for DM 1600 (as dated 1718)
with Galerie Thannhauser, from whom purchased by 1934
private collection, The Netherlands, by 1950
sale Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 10 May 2005, nr. 118 (the Property of a Lady), where purchased by the present owner
sale Bonhams, London, 8 July 2015, nr. 47

Other works by Adriaen van der Werff

Portrait of a lady
1679

God Holds Adam and Eve Responsible
1717

A Nymph Dancing to a Shepherd's Flute
1718

A young Painter
1670 - 1690

The Flight into Egypt
1710