Portrait of David Leeuw (1682-1755), Mennonite Draper, Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1729

? collection of the sitter; ? by descent to his sister, Rebecka van Heyst, née Leeuw (1671-1747), Amsterdam;{Note RKD.} her daughter, Maria Agneta Blaauw, née Van Heyst (1710-77), Amsterdam; ? by descent through the family to Abraham Jacob Blaauw (1861-1945);{Note RKD.} his son, Gerard Cornelis Blaauw (1890-1935), The Hague;{Note RKD.} his widow, Johanna Catharina van Steyn, née Van Marle (1900-80), The Hague;{Johanna Catharina remarried after the death of Gerard Cornelis Blaauw (1890-1935); note RKD.} ….; the dealer A. Aardewerk, The Hague, 1980-1981;{Note RKD.} from whom,fl.15,000, to the museum, 1981

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