c. 1700
20.8 x 31.5 cm (8 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.) image: 15.2 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.)
Van den Brande collection, Middelburg [1], by descent; to E. C. Baron van Pallandt, Haarlem, sold; [through Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, September 26, 1972, lot 359]; to Adolph Schwartz, Amsterdam, sold; [through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1991 (L. 3306); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Gift of George Abrams in memory of Milton Gwirtzman, Harvard Class of 1954, 2011.518. Notes [1] It is not clear whether Pieter van den Brande (167?-1718) and/or his son, Johan Pieter van den Brande I (1707-1758) formed the collection that descended to Baron van Pallandt (sale 1972). See Charles Dumas and Robert-Jan te Rijdt, "Kleur en Raffinement: Tekeningen uit de unicorno collectie," Zwolle, 1994, pp. 90-91.
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