...; collection Andrew James (? - 1845), London;{According to his will in the National Archives, London, inv. no. PROB 112200217.} his daughter, Sarah Ann James (? - 1890), London;{According to an inscription on the drawing.} ...; collection Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), London (L. 1433), 1895;{According to an inscription on the drawing.} from whom purchased, as Rembrandt, with seven other drawings, through the mediation of the dealer Th. Agnew, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1901;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum,1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1930
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