...; ? sale, William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley (1788-1857, Wanstead House, Essex), 4th Earl of Mornington, London (John Robins), 10 (20) June 1822 sqq., no. 205 ('A Musical Party, painted with his usual powerful effect of chiaro scuro'.), £ 9.9, to Chatfield; ...; ? private collection, Edinburgh, c. 1823-25;{According to a label on the reverse of the panel, the painting was cleaned by Chalmers & son Picture Cleaner, located at nos. 118 and 153 High Street in Edinburgh. Chalmers & son had these addresses from 1823-25; see http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index/carson-clark.} ...; sale, Frank Cripps et al. [anonymous section], London (Christie's), 16 November 1936, no. 155, 2,205 gns, to the dealer Edward Speelman; ...; dealers Benjamin and Nathan Katz, Dieren, 1937, 1938;{Dealer cat. Katz 1937, p. 21, no. 70; Dealer cat. Katz 1938, p. 22, no. 86.} dealer The Schaeffer Galleries (Benjamin and Nathan Katz's American agent), New York, 1937, 1938;{Dealer cat. The Schaeffer Galleries 1937, unpag., no. 1; according to a printed invitation for the opening preserved at the GRI (Schaeffer Galleries records, 1925-1985, acc. no. 910148), the painting was exhibited by The Schaeffer Galleries, New York, at the Los Angeles Museum from 5 April to 1 May 1938. Also exhibited at the Tulsa Art Association, Tulsa Oklahoma, 1938; FLNY Photo Archive, acc. no. Rembrandt 320-23a.} purchased from the dealers Benjamin and Nathan Katz by the dealer Alois Miedl, 2 August 1940;{Muller/Schretlin 2002, p. 73.} from whom, fl. 85,000, to Maria Almas-Dietrich for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz (inv. no. 1042);{Schwarz 2004, p. 102, no. II/37.} war recuperation, SNK, 4 December 1945;{Schwarz 2004, p. 102, no. II/37. The Munich Central Collecting Point number 1405 is recorded in black ink on the reverse of the panel.} unjustly returned to the dealers Benjamin and Nathan Katz, 1947;{Muller/Schretlin 2002, p. 73.} sale, Nathan Katz (Basel), Paris (Charpentier), 1 April 1951, no. 59, frs. 7,800,000, to Marcelle Bousaci; ...; from Art Gallery A.G., Zug, Switzerland, fl. 648,000, to the museum, as a gift from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1976
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