Rembrandt as a Shepherd with a Staff and Flute, Govert Flinck, 1636

...; ? sale, Amsterdam, 8 October 1700, no. 48 (‘Twee Tronitjes, Herder en Herderin, van dito [Govert Flinck]’.), fl. 15-5;{Hoet 1752, I, p. 61.} ...; ? collection August Wilhelm (1715-81), Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Schloss Salzdahlum;{Coll. cat. Schloss Salzdahlum 1776, p. 21, no. 40 ('Govaert Flinck. Ein bekränzter Schäfer, im Begriff, die Flöte zu blasen; und unter den Arm einen Hirtenstab. Figur bis auf den halben Leib. Auf Leinewand, 2 Fuss 2 Zoll breit, 2 Fuss 7 Zoll hoch (73 x 61 cm)'.) with pendant, no. 41 ('Das Neben-Bild. Eine Schäferin mit einem hand hält sie einen Schäferstab, und in der andern eine Rose. Auf Leinewand, 2 Fuss 2 Zoll breit, 2 Fuss 7 Zoll hoch (73 x 61 cm)').}...; sale, Schloss Ober-Mörlen et al. [anonymous section], Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurter Kunstmesse), 7 October 1920 sqq., no. 420; ...; anonymous sale, Berlin (Rudolph Lepke), 10 May 1921, no. 162; ...; the dealer H. Fuld, The Hague, 1922;{RKD, HdG fiche no. 1160549.}…; the dealer Theo van Wijngaarden, The Hague, 1923;{Note RMA.} ...; collection Ir Harry Alexander de Haas (1890-1978), Wassenaar, 1923-1941;{Note RMA.} ...; the dealer François Parry, The Hague;{Note RMA.} ...; from the firm Jonas en Kruseman, Amsterdam, fl. 31,000, to the museum, through the mediation of the dealer P. Brandt, Amsterdam, [september] 1942

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