The adoration of the shepherds, Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1660 - 1679

Inv.;… ;sale, Dowager Lady Nunburnholme et al. [anonymous section], London (Christie’s), 31 March 1933, no. 103, 300 gns;{Copy RKD; in the catalogue, it is wrongly stated that the madonna is on the left and the ox is on the right.}…; the dealer W.M. Sabin, London, 1933;{Kirschenbaum 1977, p. 127, no. 31, 31A, 37.} from whom, £ 625, to the dealer D. A. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, 1934;{RKD, The Hague, inv. no. 460, Kunsthandel D.A. Hoogendijk Archive, inventory card no. OS 999.} from whom, fl. 10,000, to Mr Andries Adriaan van Sandick (1898-1962), Rotterdam and Amsterdam, 1937;{RKD, The Hague, inv. no. 460, Kunsthandel D.A. Hoogendijk Archive, inventory card nr. OS 999.} from whom, fl. 23,500, to the museum, 1947

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