Man Cleaning the Floor while his Wife Sits by the Hearth, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1635

…; collection Johann Edler Goll von Franckenstein (1722-85), Amsterdam and Velsen (L. 2987); his son, Jonkheer Johan Goll van Franckenstein (1756-1821), Amsterdam and Velsen; his son, Jonkheer Pieter Hendrik Goll van Franckenstein (1787-1832), Amsterdam and Velsen; sale, Jonkheer Johan Goll van Franckenstein (1756-1821), Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.), 1 July 1833 sqq., Album VV, no. 3, with twenty-three other drawings (‘Vier en twintig stuks uit de Werken van Jacob Cats, door A. van der Vinne.’), fl. 10 for all, to the dealer Roos for Gérard Leembruggen Jzn (1801-65), The Hague, Lisse and Hillegom (L. 2988) or no. 5, with eight other drawings (‘Negen stuks dito. Door denzelven’), fl. 15:50:-, to the dealer Roos for Leembruggen;{Copy RKD.} his sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 5 March 1866 sqq., no 692, with another drawing (‘Un intérieur. - Un paysan. Deux dessins. A l'encre de Chine’), fl. 20, to Ignatius Franciscus Ellinckhuysen (1814-97, Rotterdam); his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller and C.M. van Gogh), 16 April 1879 sqq., possibly no. 341 (‘Dessins divers. Ecole Hollandaise et Flamande -21 Pièces’), fl. 26, or in no. 342 or 343 (35 and 17 sheets respectively);{Copy RKD.} …; ? with the dealer ‘Pappelendam’;{According to an annotation on the verso.} …; collection William Pitcairn Knowles (1820-94), Rotterdam and Wiesbaden (L. 2643); his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 25 June 1895 sqq., no. 677 (‘L’époux soumis. Charmante vignette, signée du monogramme. Collections Leembruggen et Ellinckhuysen. Plume et encre de Chine. - H. 9.5, l. 13 cent’), fl. 35, to ‘Van Cittert’; …; collection François Gerard Waller (1867-1934), Amsterdam; by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. 2228), 1935

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