Portret van Michiel Elgersma, met bril en mond wijd open., John Greenwood, 1759

…; sale, Antonius Wilhelmus Mari Mensing et al. [section Hermanus Philippus Gerritsen (1850-1917, The Hague)], Amsterdam (F. Muller), 29 (1 December) November 1939 sqq., no. 98, with over 2,100 other objects, bought in at fl. 3,000;{Copy RKD.} from the auction house F. Muller, fl. 3,725, en bloc, to the dealer P. Brandt, Amsterdam, for the museum, 1940, with support from the F.G. Wallerfonds

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