Man Seated in His Study; verso: Four Sketches of Eavesdropping Figures
c. 1655-1657
Artists
Dimensions
19 x 17.4 cm (7 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Probably George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie, by descent; to George Gilbert Ramsay, Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scotland (Lugt 717a), sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1922]. [Paul Cassirer, Berlin]. Alfred Strölin, Lausanne, by 1924, sold; [through Bruno de Bayser, Paris]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1977 (L. 3306, verso, lower center); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2016.318.
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