Four Studies of an Amputated Human Right Arm, Jacques de Gheyn (II) (attributed to), c. 1615

Possibly from the estate of Jacques de Gheyn III and acquired from his cousin and heir, Nicolaes den Otter (?-?), Amsterdam, by Joannes Wtenbogaert (1608-1680), Amsterdam; by descent to Jan van Gheel (1667 - 1757) and Jacob van Gheel (1670 - 1721), Amsterdam; ? sale Jacob van Gheel, Amsterdam (J. P. Zomer), 22 January 1722; ? collection Jan Pietersz Zomer (1641-1724), Amsterdam; his sale Amsterdam (J. van Zutphen & G. Hol), 5 April 1725;…; ? Dutch private collection; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam;{C. van Hasselt and M. van Berge-Gerbaud, _Le Héraut du dix-septième siècle. Dessins et gravures de Jacques de Gheyn II et III de la Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt_, exh. cat. Paris, Institut Néerlandais / Fondation Custodia, Paris 1985, under no 13; K.G. Boon, _The Netherlandish and German drawings of the XVth and XVIth centuries of the Frits Lugt collection_, coll. cat. Paris (Fondation Custodia) 1992, under no. 84.} Frits Lugt (1884-1970), Paris; by whom gifted to the museum (L. 2228), 1957

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