Old Man in a Fur Cap, Rembrandt van Rijn (school of), c. 1635 - c. 1640

...; collection Richard Houlditch II (?-1760), London (L. 2214); ? his sale, London (Langford), 12 (13) February 1760 sqq., possibly no. 53, as Rembrandt van Rijn (‘Four by Rembrandt’), with three other drawings, £ 2.5.0, to John Spencer, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1734-83), Blenheim;{Copy BML.}...; sale, Marquess of Cholmondeley et al. [Section ‘The property of a Nobleman’], London (Sotheby’s), 19 February 1930, no. 73, £ 80, to the dealer Colnaghi, London;{According to the sale catalogue, the Lord Spencer collection was among the properties being sold; copy RKD.}...; collection Isaäc de Bruijn (1872-1953) and his wife, Johanna Geertruida de Bruijn-van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, by 1937;{According to Bern 1937, p. 43, no. 184.} by whom donated to the museum (L. 2228), 1949, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum, 1960

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