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Fallen Tree
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Hendrik Voogd. [De Vries Brondgeest Engelberts and Roos August 15-16 1842 possibly lot K L or M] sold. Jonkheer Johan Steengracht van Oostkapelle (1782-1846) The Hague; his son Nicolaas Johan Steengracht van Moyland (1806-1866) Kasteel Duivenvoorde Voorschoten; his son Hendricus Adolphus Steengracht (1836-1912) Kasteel Duivenvoorde Voorschoten; his sister's grandson Baron Willem Anne Assuer Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1889-1957) Kasteel Duivenvoorde Voorschoten; his sister Baroness Jonkvrouw Ludolphine Henriette Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1891-1965) Kasteel Duivenvoorde Voorschoten.[1] Christian P. van Eeghen The Hague (with his mark not in Lugt) to; his grandchildren sold; through [Art Consult Amsterdam] to William W. Robinson Newton Massachusetts 2002 gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2024
[1] Ludolphine Schimmelpenninck van der Oye sold the family collection of drawings by Voogd c. 1959. I.Q. van Regteren Altena head of the Rijksprentenkabinett divided the drawings into lots that were sold to (mostly) Dutch museums and private collectors. This drawing was in the lot purchased by Christian P. van Eeghen a well-known private collector and scholar in The Hague. He bequeathed them to his grandchildren.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of William W. Robinson and Nancy Yocco
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