Portrait of an art and music lover, presumably on the three brothers from the Mannonite Van der Mersch family of Amsterdam. The man is portrayed at full-length, sitting on a table holding a drawing. On the table lay an art book and a music book with the coat of arms of the Van der Mersch family. To the right a cello leans against a chair. To the left a globe is standing.
Unknown date: inherited by Diana L. Talbot (fl. circa 1935-1940)
26 November 1958: purchased by Speelman (art dealer), London, at the sale of the collection of the Earl of Ancaster et al. [section Diana L. Talbot] at Sotheby's, London, lot no. 39, for GBP 2,050
1958: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-A-3948, from E. Speelman (art dealer), London
Unknown date: lent to the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Inventory number br. 2094, by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Exhibition history
Het Rijksmuseum aan de Grens, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, 17 April 2004–1 January 2008.
Vom Adel der Malerei. Holland um 1700, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, 14 October 2006–21 January 2007, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, 18 February 2007–27 May 2007, ISBN9783930054527.
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