Shah Jahan and his Son, Rembrandt van Rijn, after anonymous, c. 1656 - c. 1658

...; collection Jonathan Richardson the elder (1667-1745), London (L. 2184); his sale, London (Cock), 22 January (11 February) 1747 sqq., no. 70 (‘A book of Indian Drawings, by Rembrandt, 25 in number’), with 24 other drawings, withdrawn;{Copy National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.} from whom purchased, through the mediation of his son Jonathan Richardson II (1694-1771), London, possibly by Richard Houlditch the younger (?-1760), London (L. 2214); ? his sale, London (Langford), 12 (14) February 1760 sqq., possibly no. 58 (‘One by Rembrandt’), £4.10.0, to Thomas Hudson (1701-79), London (L. 2432);{British Museum typescript transcription from Colnaghi copy.} his sale, London (Langford), 15 March 1779 sqq., no. 29, to John Peachey, 2nd Baron Selsey (1749-1816), Sussex;{According to an inscription on the drawing and Schatborn 1985a, no. 59; the sale catalogue could not be consulted.}; his son Henry John Peachey, 3rd Baron Selsey (1787-1838) and his wife, Anna Maria Louisa Irby (1792-1870), Sussex;{According to an inscription on the drawing, the collection of Henry John Peachey was sold in 1872 by the representatives of his son’s widow.} sale, John Peachey, 2nd Baron Selsey (1749-1816, Sussex), London (Sotheby’s), 20 June 1872 sqq., no. 2635, with one other drawing, £1.2.0, to the dealer Noseda, London, for Robert Prioleau Roupell (1798-1886), London (L. 2234);{According to inscriptions on the drawing and Schatborn 1985a, no. 59; the sale catalogue could not be consulted.} his sale, London (Christie’s), 12 (13) July 1887 sqq., no. 1101 (‘Two Oriental Heads. From the Hudson and Selsey Collections’), £5.10.0, to the dealer Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (c. 1840-92), London, for John Postle Heseltine (1834-1929), London (L. 1507);{Copy RKD.} ...; sale, Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932, London), London (Christie’s), 10 (13) July 1936 sqq., no. 288, 580 gns, to the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, for Isaac de Bruijn (1872-1953) and his wife, Johanna Geertruida de Bruijn-van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern;{Copy RKD.} by whom donated to the museum, 1949, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1960

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