unidentified collector [mark not on Lugt, but identified by him in a letter in the file as of the seventeenth century]; Joseph Carl Ritter von Klinkosch, Vienna (1822-1888) [according to a graphite inscription on the verso]; his estate sale, Wawra (Vienna), 15 April 1889, lot 740 (as School of Rembrandt); Dr Alfred Ritter von Wurzbach-Tannenberg, Vienna (1845-1915), L.2587; Salman Schocken, Zwickau (1877-1959) [according to Benesch]; anonymous sale ('Property of a Gentleman'), Sotheby's (London), 7 July 1966, lot 13; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£16,000); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/07/1983-25/09/1983

Royalton-Kisch, Martin, Catalogue of drawings by Rembrandt and his school. Online research catalogue. https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rembrandt_drawings/drawings_by_rembrandt.aspx, 2010
under no. 3

Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 28

Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 411
pl. XX
dated c. 1656 ...More

Watermark: Recto, upper centre: "L B" (formed with single lines, centred between the chain lines which are 2.5 cm apart; matches WIRE database Countermark L,Lb.a.a., countermark to Foolscap with five-pointed collar, K.a. This paper is datable to c.1629-c.1653. See Erik Hinterding, Rembrandt as an Etcher, 2006, II, 82 for list of prints by Rembrandt bearing this watermark).

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “91 x 16.4”; lower left, graphite, von Wurzbach's hand: “a/b / aw 1900 [variant of L.203] / Coll. Klinkosch [Klinkosch’s mark L.577 is not present, perhaps was on a former frame or mount and since removed?] / (Rembrandt)." and below that in William Clarke's (former Courtuald conservator) hand: "Wurzbach (L.2587)”; lower left, on a separate label adhered to the corner, stencil printed in black ink but second number abraded: “3[1?]”; lower right corner, graphite: illegible mark.

Collector's mark: Verso: upper left corner, stamped in black: unidentified collector (not on Lugt, and letter from Lugt in file confirming it is not in his book, he identifies it as 17th century; see photo); likely on a former mount or frame, transcribed by William Clarke, lower left in graphite in 1983 (see above): Alfred von Wurzbach-Tannenberg (L.203); lower left edge, now hidden under handling edges but the purple edge is just visible: Alfred von Wurzbach-Tannenberg (L.2587).