? By descent through the families Briell, De Jonge van Ellemeet, Van Citters to Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters (1817-76), The Hague; or ? by descent through the families De Witte, Ockerse, Van Gelre, De Witte van Elkerzee to Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters (1817-76), The Hague; first recorded in the collection of the De Witte van Citters family, in the library of Kasteel Popkensburg, in the early 19th century;{RAU, PA 26, Des Tombe archive, no. 843, ‘Getekende plattegrond van ruimte waarin familieportretten hangen’, no. 26.} bequeathed to the museum by Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters, 1876, but given in usufruct to his sister Carolina Hester de Witte van Citters (1820-1901) and her husband Arnoldus Andries des Tombe (1818-1902), until 1903
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