...; ? purchased by Thomas Bruce (1766-1841), 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, Broomhall, Fife, at an unknown date;{According to a letter dated 21 January 1933 from Edward James Bruce to Joseph Duveen quoted in Isaac de Bruijn's notes preserved at the Rijksmuseum.} ? by descent to his grandson, Victor Alexander Bruce (1849-1917), 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine, Broomhall, Fife; first mentioned in his collection, 1893;{Hofstede de Groot 1893, p. 223.} his son, Edward James Bruce (1881-1968), 10th Earl of Elgin, 14th Earl of Kincardine, Broomhall, Fife; from whom, £ 7,000, to the dealer Joseph Duveen, Paris and New York, 1926;{Secrest 2004, p. 478.} from whom, $ 35,000, to Isaac de Bruijn (1872-1953), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, December 1932;{Isaac de Bruijn's notes preserved at the Rijksmuseum; Secrest 2004, p. 478, where it is mistakenly stated that Duveen bought the painting back and resold it to an unknown buyer.} donated by Isaäc de Bruijn and his wife, Johanna Geertruida van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, to the Vereeniging Rembrandt on the 50th anniversary of its founding, for placement in the Rijksmuseum, but kept in usufruct, 1933; transferred to the museum, 1961
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