De faam schrijft in een boek en overwint de somber terneer zittende tijd, Mattheus Terwesten, after Augustinus Terwesten (I), 1680 - 1757

…; collection of the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, The Hague; from whom, fl.40,000, with 49 other drawings, to the museum, through the mediation of the dealer Saam Nijstad, The Hague, with support from an anonymous gift, 1982

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