Provenance

(Probably) Painted for the artist, with a pendant portrait of his wife Catharina van Noort, and kept in his personal collection until his death in 1678.
Gerard Cópius, The Hague; his sale, Doorschot, The Hague, 21 March 1786, lot 11, where acquired by the following,
Confrerie Pictura, The Hague, by whom sold with the rest of the association's possessions during the French occupation.
Bernardus Jeronimozn. de Bosch II (1742-1816), Amsterdam, 1817 (according to Antwerp exhibition catalogue, 1993).
Guillaume Thierry Arnaud-Marie, Baron de Brienen de Groote Lindt (1814-1863), Amsterdam (according to Antwerp exhibition catalogue, 1993).
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1949.
Walter P. Chrysler Jr., Virginia (1909-1988).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 December 1961, lot 177.
with Fred Wengraf, London, until June 1962.
Anonymous sale; Weinmüller, Munich, 21-24 June 1963, lot 1148, where acquired by the father of the present owners
Sale Christie's, London, 1 July 2025, nr. 11

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Twelfth Night
c. 1640

Triumph of Fredric Henry
1652

Democritus and Heraclitus

The Bean King (The King Drinks!)

The Adoration of the Shepherds