Five Studies of Haman’s Head, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1655 - c. 1660

...; collection Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445); from whom, en bloc, £16,000, to the dealer Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), London, 1835;{According to L. 2445; note RMA.} ? from whom, with 99 other drawings by Rembrandt, £1,500, to William Esdaile (1758-1837), London (L. 2617), 1835;{According to L. 2445; note RMA.} his sale, London (Christie’s), 17 June 1840, no. 5 (‘Heads of the Saviour. Studies’), with one other drawing, £0.12.0, to the dealer Samuel Woodburn, London;{Copy RKD.} ...; collection Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (1844-1925), Darmstadt (L. 2879); his sale, Stuttgart (H.G. Gutekunst), 25 May 1903 sqq., no. 242, 340 DM, to Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB; copy RKD.} by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1930

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