Provenance
Count of Schönborn, Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden, Germany, by 1719, as by Frans Hals
his sale, Pommersfelden Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17–18 May 1867, no. 25 to Oldenburg, as by school of Dou
Oldenburg Gallery, Oldenburg, Germany, as by Thomas de Keyser from 1867 until 1888, when attributed to Dou
with Zacharias Max Hackenbroch (1884–1937), Frankfurt am Main, by 1924
Henry Karl Janssen (1866–1948), Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
by descent to Helen Janssen Wetzel, Spring Township, Pennsylvania
her sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 9 October 1980, no. 7
private collection, New York
sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 7 June 1984, no. 75
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1986, no. 157
with Johnny van Haeften Ltd., London, by 1992
private collection, Germany
with Salomon Lilian B. V., Amsterdam, 2004
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2004
Other works by Gerard Dou
Old woman eating porridge
Artist in His Studio
c. 1630-32
c. 1630-32
Money Bag and a Book on a Shelf
1647
1647
Standing oriental
Reading the bible