c. 1700
20 × 31.2 cm (7 7/8 × 12 5/16 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 358]. H.R. Bijl, The Hague, sold [through Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 17, 1993, lot 31]; to Roger and Naomi Gordon, Boston, sold [through Sotheby's, New York, January 30, 2019, lot 106]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019 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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