Work Notes: Copy of picture in Royal Collection (HdG940) which abbr. prov. is: Amsterdam, P. de Smeth van Alphen same, 1-2 Aug. 1810 (119), bt Lafontaine; sold London, Christie's, Anonymous (=Lafontaine) sale, 12 June 1811 (61 corrected from 68) (but really bought the privately the previous day by George IV). The question, therefore, is whether DPG18 is a copy made in the Netherlands or England.
Work Nationality: Dutch
Support: Canvas
Provenance: London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.