c. 1700
20 × 31 cm (7 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.) image: 15.2 × 22.5 cm (6 × 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 357]; to Adolph Schwartz, sold; [through Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 15, 1994, lot 3]; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in memory of Joseph Pulitzer and in honor of Emily Pulitzer, 2004.93 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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