Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen

Provenance: The Collection of Mrs M.G. Edgar, before 1866;
with Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris, before 1922 (see Literature);
with Leggatt Brothers, London, 1975 (according to Heinz Archive mount);
sale, Christie's, London, 11 April 1980, lot 136 (as the Property of a lady, sold for 4,500 gns. bt Suchet-Kaye);
sale, Christie's, London, 14 April 1989, lot 96 (as the Property of a gentleman);
Private Collection, UK.

Literature: The First Special Exhibition of National Portraits, London, 1866, exh. cat., p. 91, cat. no. 536;
A.J.Finberg, 'A Chronological List of Portraits by Cornelius Johnson', in Walpole Society, 1922, vol. X, p.18, ill. pl. XXV.

Exhibition: London, South Kensington Museum, The First Special Exhibition of National Portraits, April 1866, no. 536 (lent by Mrs M.G. Edgar)