...; collection Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445); from whom purchased, through the mediation of the dealer Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), London, possibly by William Esdaile (1758-1837), London (L. 2617), 1835;{According to L. 2445 and an inscription on the drawing.} his sale, London (Christie and Manson), 17 June 1840, no. 46, as Rembrandt van Rijn (‘The presents of the queen of Sheba brought to Salomon, who is seated on a throne; pen and Indian ink, washed with fine effect’), £ 0.5.0, to Heath;{Copy RKD.}...; collection Jeffrey Whitehead (c. 1832-1909), London, by 1879;{According to London 1879, p. 117, no. 468.}...; purchased from Paul Mathey (1844-1929), Paris, as Rembrandt van Rijn, through the mediation of the dealer Colnaghi, London, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, after 1900;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum (L. 2228), 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum, 1930
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