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Portrait of a Man Holding a Sword
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[J. Caudri Amsterdam September 6 1809 lot 50]; to Thomassen. Possibly sold by Ralph Thomassen [through his sale London February 25 1822 lot 22 as “Portrait of himself elaborately finished"]. Jan Kleinenbergh sold [through his sale Leiden July 19 1841 lot 125] to L’Andry for Nieuwenhuys. Baron van Varange sold [through his sale Paris May 26 1852 lot 27 as “Portrait of Admiral Tromp"]. Isaac Pereire Paris sold [through his sale March 6 1872 lot 134 as “Portrait of Admiral Tromp”]. Carlos González. de Candamo y Rivero (1871-1946) London and Paris sold [through his sale Galerie Charpentier December 14 1933 lot 37 as “presumable Admiral Tromp”]; to Léon and Yvonne Cotnareanu. Art Market 1986. [Unknown Dealer London] sold; to [Johnny Van Haeften London July 1987] sold; to Peter and Anne Brooke Boston MA September 1987 gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2016
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Peter and Anne Brooke
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