...; collection Jonathan Richardson the elder (1667-1745), London (L. 2184); his sale, London (Cock), 22 January (11 February) 1747 sqq., no. 70 (‘A book of Indian Drawings, by Rembrandt, 25 in number’), with 24 other drawings, withdrawn;{Copy National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.} from whom purchased, through the mediation of his son Jonathan Richardson the younger (1694-1771), London, possibly by Richard Houlditch the younger (?-1760), London (L. 2214); ? his sale, London (Langford), 12 (14) February 1760 sqq., possibly no. 58 (‘One by Rembrandt’), £5.7.6, to Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow (1726-86), Dublin;{Copy British Museum, London.} ...; purchased from the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1899;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1930
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