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Black chalk, heightened with white; the two right corners cut; bears inscription in brown ink, on made up lower right corner: Rubens 491 by 315 mm; 19 3/8 by 12 3/8 in

PROVENANCE

• Jacob de Wit (1695-1754), Amsterdam,

probably his sale, Amsterdam, de Leth et al, 10-11 March 1755, boek C, in numbers 21-27;

• Dirk Versteegh (1751-1822), Amsterdam,

his sale, Amsterdam, de Vries et al, 3 November 1823;

• Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London;
• from whose estate acquired by Samuel Woodburn (First Woodburn/Lawrence exhibition, 1835, no. 27);
• from whom acquired in February 1838 by Prince William of Orange, later King William II of the Netherlands (1792-1849),

his sale, The Hague, de Vries/Roos/Brondgeest, 12-20 August 1850, lot 303 ('RUBBENS. (P.P.) Figure académique d'un homme. Dessin largement exécuté à la pierre d'Italie; d'un beau faire'; bought back for the family by Brondgeest),