Portrait of a Man, Johannes Verspronck, 1646

…; collection Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch, near Mechelen, by 1929;{_Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900_, exh. cat. London (Royal Academy of Arts) 1929, p. 149, no. 361.} donated by Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann to the museum, with 83 other objects, 1940; on loan to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1981-85

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