Christianus Johannes Nieuwenhuys, the dealer (son of Lambert Jan, see above), London by whom sold to Colonel the Hon. Edward Gordon Douglas (1800-86), later Douglas-Pennant (1841), and 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai (1866), Penrhyn Castle, Caernavon (Wales); by decent to Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant (1894-1949), 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llandygai, who left Penrhyn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Harper (1923-97), née Pelham, who, with her husband John Charles Harper (?-1998), thereupon assumed the name of Douglas-Pennant;{Provenance reconstructed in Grijzenhout/Van Sas 2006, pp. 15-30} one of their heirs Richard Charles Harper Douglas-Pennant (1955-), € 11,900,000, to the museum, with support from the Nationaal Aankoopfonds from the Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen, sponsor Loterij, Stichting Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, Mondriaan Stichting, VSB Fonds, Vereniging Rembrandt, jointly facilitated by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Rijksmuseumfonds, 2004
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