Seated Cavalier, Facing Right

Seated Cavalier, Facing Right

RP-T-1948-396

draftsman (artist): Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Haarlem (possibly)

c. 1655

black and white chalk, on blue-grey paper

height 308 mm x width 247 mm

purchase 1948

Public domain

…; collection Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), London;{According to inscription on verso.} his sale, London (Christie et al.), 12 June 1860 _sqq_., no. 1127, with one other drawing, £14 for both, to Robert Prioleau Roupell (1798-1886), London (L. 2234);{Copy RKD.} his sale, London (Christie et al.), 12 (13) July 1887 _sqq_., no. 941 or no. 940, £8.00 or £6.00 respectively, to John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), London (L. 1507);{Copy RKD.} his sale and J. Paul Richter [section Heseltine], Amsterdam (F. Muller), 17 May 1913 _sqq_., no. 41, fl. 1,150, to the dealer D. Artaria, Vienna;{Copy RMA; copy RKD.} …; collection Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1909-89), Vaduz;{Rotermund-Reynard 2015, p. 137; note RMA.} from whom, through the mediation of the dealer W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, fl. 1,250, to the museum (L. 2228), 1948

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