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1674: inherited by Maria de Knuijt (....-1681), Delft (?)

1674: inherited by Magdalena van Ruijven and Jacob Dissius (1653-1695), Delft (?)

16 May 1696: sale of the collection of Dissius at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam, lot no. 38, 39 or 40 (?)

1881: purchased by Arnoldus Andries des Tombe (1816-1902), The Hague, at the sale of the collection of Braams at an unknown auction house, The Hague, for ƒ 2.30

1881: lent to the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, by Arnoldus Andries des Tombe, The Hague

Tentoonstelling van schilderijen van Oude Meesters, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, 1890, cat. no.  117.

Exposition hollandaise: tableaux, aquarelles et dessins anciens et modernes, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris, April 1921–May 1921, cat. no.  106.

Mostra di capolavori della pittura olandese, Galleria Borghese, Rome, 25 February 1928–18 April 1928, cat. no.  125.

Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450–1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 4 January 1929–9 March 1929, OCLC 38679108, cat. no.  306.

Nederlandsche kunst van de XVde en XVIde eeuw, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1 September 1945–15 October 1945, Cat.no. 134.

De Hollandsche schilderkunst van Jeroen Bosch tot Rembrandt, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, May 1946–June 1946, cat. no.  91.

Vermeer thuis. Het Koninklijke Kabinet "Het Mauritshuis" in het Museum "Het Prinsenhof" te Delft, November 1950–April 1951.

In het licht van Vermeer, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, 25 June 1966–5 September 1966, cat. no.  V.

Dans la lumière de Vermeer, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 24 September 1966–28 November 1966, cat. no.  VI.

Mauritshuis, Dutch paintings of the Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, The Art Institute of Chigaco, Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1982-1983, cat. no.  38.

De Rembrandt à Vermeer, Grand Palais, Paris, 1986, Cat.no. 54.

Johannes Vermeer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 12 November 1995–11 February 1996, Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1 March 1996–2 June 1996, ISBN 0300065582, cat. no.  15.

フェルメールとその時代/The public and the private in the age of Vermeer, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 4 April 2000–2 July 2000, cat. no.  34.

Masterpieces from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis/マウリッツハイス美術館展 － オランダ・フランドル絵画の至宝, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, 30 June 2012–17 September 2012, Kobe City Museum, Kobe, 29 September 2012–6 January 2013.

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