Portrait of a Boy, Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1648 - c. 1655

…; sold by the Duchess of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, 1911;{Note Isaac de Bruijn, RMA; a wax seal on the reverse carries the coat of arms of the Dukes of Rutland.}…; from the dealer Paul Cassirer & Co., fl. 2,000, to Isaac de Bruijn (1872-1953), 1933;{Note Isaac de Bruijn, RMA.} donated by Isaac de Bruijn and his wife, Johanna Geertruida van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, to the museum, 1949, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum, December 1961

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