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Willem Six sale, Amsterdam, 1734 (lot 11); Sir William Hamilton sale, 20 February 1761 (lot 75); 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley; bought by private treaty sale, 1993.
Ganz 1925, pp. 113-15
Rowlands 1985, p. 134, no. 28
National Gallery Report 1992-3, pp. 10-11
Foister 1994, pp. 6-19', 'ObjectStatusID' : '1', 'PublicAccess' : '1', 'GroupNumber' : '', 'GroupTitle' : '', 'GroupArtist' : '', 'GroupDate' : '', 'GroupParts' : '', 'ImageID' : '1317', 'ImageFile' : 'N-6540-00-000029-WZ-PYR.tif', 'ImageCode' : 'N-6540-00-000029-WZ', 'ImagePath' : '/pics/tmp/websiteimages/Website_Collection_Online/Web Zoom Images/WZ web NG Fronts/', 'ImageLevels' : '6', 'ImageXsize' : '4158', 'ImageYsize' : '6000', 'FileGroup_ID' : '14', 'impos' : '1147'} /* Array ( [0] => 
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Willem Six sale, Amsterdam, 1734 (lot 11); Sir William Hamilton sale, 20 February 1761 (lot 75); 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley; bought by private treaty sale, 1993.
Ganz 1925, pp. 113-15
Rowlands 1985, p. 134, no. 28
National Gallery Report 1992-3, pp. 10-11
Foister 1994, pp. 6-19
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