The Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Rembrandt van Rijn, after anonymous, c. 1656 - c. 1658

...; collection Jonathan Richardson the elder (1667-1745), London (L. 2184); his sale, London (Cock), 22 January (11 February) 1747 sqq., no. 70 (‘A book of Indian Drawings, by Rembrandt, 25 in number’), with 24 other drawings, withdrawn;{Copy National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.} ...; sale, Mary Venetia James et al. [section Banks], London (Sotheby’s), 14 July 1926, no. 5 (‘An Indian Prince (copy after an Indian miniature). Pen and bistre wash. 18 cm. By 12 cm.’), £300, to the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi, & Co. London;{Copy RKD.} ...; collection Isaac de Bruijn (1872-1953) and his wife, Johanna Geertruida de Bruijn-van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, by 1929;{According to London 1929, no. 598} by whom donated to the museum, 1949, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1960

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