The Hall of the Artistic Society 'Kunst wordt door Arbeid verkregen' (Art is Acquired through Labor) in Leiden, Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1780

…; collection Johannes Kneppelhout (1814-85), Oosterbeek, Huis Hemelsche Berg;{According to an annotation on the reverse of a drawing by Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, De zaal van het Dicht-genoodschap te Leijden onder de Spreuk Kunst word door Arbeid verkregen, 1774, in the collection of the Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, inv. no. P307_2N032: "twee groote schilderijen, die P.C. la Fargue maakte van den zaal. Zijn thans bij d. Hr. J. Kneppelhout op d. Hem. Berg." } ? his brother, K.J.F.C. Kneppelhout (1818-85), Lord van Sterkenburg en Hoekenburg Driebergen, castle Sterkenburg; ? his son, Cornelis Johannes Kneppelhout, (1856-1938), Lord van Sterkenburg, Jersey; his son, Raimond Kneppelhout (1892-1961), The Hague and Voorburg; by whom donated to the museum, 1952

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