The Terrace

Provenance

Possibly Aernout Eelbrecht, Leiden, inventory 1683 ["Een stuck van Fabritius, daar van Aelst sijn degen ingeschildert heeft" (A piece by Fabritius, in which Van Aelst painted his sword); suggested by J. G. van Gelder in Rotterdam 1935]. Pierre Fouquet, Amsterdam, before 1802 [according to Mettra Fils, Notice d'une collection..., 1802, no. 111 and manuscript version cited below]. Mettra Fils (Magasin du Bureau des Arts), Berlin, by 1802 [see Notice d'une collection..., no. 111, ill., as Metzu [sic] and manuscript version of this catalogue in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Libri. PIct. A112]; presumably sold by Mettra Fils to Prince Radziwill, Nieborow, by 1803; by descent to Prince Sigismund Radziwill, Paris, 1866; sold, March 22–23, 1866, lot. 78, as Metsu, Interior de cour d'une maison hollandaise to Théophile Thoré-Bürger [see Jowell, 2003 pp. 72, 98]; sold his private sale, Paris, February 1870, listed as Metzu [sic], Interior hollandais for F15,000 [see Jowell 2003 p. 114, appendix 4]. Duke George Nicolaevich de Leuchtenberg (died 1929), St. Petersburg [according to Rotterdam exhibition 1935]. Spink, London, by 1920 [according to Colnaghi index card]; P. and D. Colnaghi, London, by March 1920; sold by Colnaghi to Calouste S. Gulbenkian on 3 March 1920 [according to Colnaghi index card]; P. and D. Colnaghi, London, by 1929 [according to Valentiner 1929]. Leonard Gow, Camis Eskan, Dumbartonshire (died 1936), by 1935 [according to Heppner 1935]; by descent to Leonard Harper Gow, Glasgow; sold through D. Katz, Dieren, The Netherlands, as agent for Gow to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1939 [RISD Museum Committee meeting minutes, March 7, 1939]; exchanged through E. and A. Silberman, New York, February 1945 [according to records of RISD, copy in curatorial file]; sold by Silberman to the Art Institute, February 1948.

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