...; ? sale, Jean-François Sané (1732-79, Paris), Paris, 8 March 1780, no. 36 (`Un Capucin vu à mi-corps; il paroît réfléchir profondément. Le fond annonce un paysage. Ce Tableau, d´une touche large d´un effet piquant, est peint sur toile par Rembrandt.´), fr. 221, to Joullain; ... ; ? sale, Charles Paul Vialart de Saint-Morys (1743-95, Paris), Paris (A.J. Paillet and A. Millioti), 6 (13) February 1786 sqq., no. 115 (`Rimbrandt van Rhin. Un Réligieux représenté à mi corps & en méditation. Ce tableau, savant de touche; ne laisse aucun doute sur l´originalité, par la hardiesse de son exécution. H. 33 pouces, L. 26 pouces [89.1 x 70.2 cm]. Toile´), fr. 88, to Langlier; …; collection Count Alexander Sergeević Stroganoff (1733-1811), St Petersburg, 1800 ('Portrait d'un jeune homme en habit de St. François'); {Coll. cat. Stroganoff 1800, no. 52; coll. cat. Stroganoff 1807, no. 37; coll. cat. Stroganoff 1835, no. 37; see Jaeger 2007, p. 319.} his son, Count Paul Alexandrović Stroganoff (1772-1817), St Petersburg; his son-in-law, Count Sergej Gregor'ević Stroganoff (1794-1882), St Petersburg; his son, Alexander Sergejević Stroganoff (1818-64), St Petersburg; his son, Sergej Alexandrović Stroganoff (1852-1923), St Petersburg and Paris; confiscated by the Soviet Union 1917; from the Soviet Union, through the mediation of Colnaghi London, fl. 800,000, together with the Rembrandt workshop Denial of St Peter (SK-A-3137/no. XX), to the Vereniging Rembrandt for the museum, 1933{Hecht 2008, p. 85.}
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