Provenance
Possibly identical to the paintings mentioned in the inventory of Sibout Simonsz van Caerdecamp and Sara Henricx Tuijts, Leiden, 1644 (Erfgoed Leiden, inv. 0506, no. 785, deed no. 13: ‘twee viercante conterfeytsels van de kinderen van Hals tot Haerlem gedaen door deselve’); Lawrie & Co. Gallery, London, c.1893; Charles Tyson Yerkes Jr, Chicago/New York, c.1893-1910; his sale, New York (American Art Association), 7 April 1910 (Lugt 68496), nos. 121-122 (for 32,200 dollars to Edward Brandus Gallery, New York); John Warne Gates and his wife, Dellora Baker Gates, New York, c.1910-1911 until 1918; by inheritance to her brother, Edward John Baker, and her sister's daughter, Dellora Frances Angell Norris and her husband, Lester J. Norris, Saint Charles, Illinois; by inheritance in the Angell-Norris collection, Chicago; sale, New York (Christie’s), 13 January 1987, no. 141 (‘from a private collection’, to Hornstein); Renata and Michal Hornstein, Montreal, 1987-1999; Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III, 1999-2025 (on long term loan to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond [inv. nos. L2020.6.14 and L2020.6.15]); their sale, New York (Sotheby’s), 21 May 2025, no. 14; acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association, the Nationaal Aankoopfonds of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Mondriaan Fund, the VriendenLoterij, the Turing Foundation, the Vereniging Vrienden van het Frans Hals Museum, City of Haarlem and private individuals, 2025
