**For both the present painting (SK-A-1340) and its pendant (SK-A-1339)**
…; sale, Jan Hendrick Cremer (1813-1885, Arnhem and Ixelles), Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 26 October 1886, no. 23, fl. 345, to the museum{NHA, ARM, IS, inv. 166, nos. 101 (25 October 1886), 119 (2 December 1886); NHA, ARS, Kop., inv. 289, p. 119, no. 267 (15 December 1886).}
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