The Intruder - Provenance

Gabriel Metsu (artist)
Dutch, 1629 - 1667
The Intruder, c. 1660
oil on panel
Overall: 66.6 x 59.4 cm (26 1/4 x 23 3/8 in.) framed: 93.4 x 85.1 x 12.1 cm (36 3/4 x 33 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
1937.1.57
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Provenance

Colonel Gregory Holman Bromley Way [1766-1844], Denham Place, Buckinghamshire;[1] John Smith, London, by 1830; George John Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon [1803-1866], Sudbury Hall, Derby, in 1830; (sale, Christie & Manson, London, 15 April 1831, no. 50); John Smith, London; Sir Charles Bagot [1781-1843], by 1833; (sale, Christie & Manson, London, 18 June 1836, no. 56); Albertus Brondgeest, The Hague, buying for Baron Johan Gijsberg Verstolk van Soelen [1776-1845], The Hague; (probably sale, The Hague, 29 June 1846); Thomas Baring [1799-1873], London, and Stratton Park, Hampshire;[2] by inheritance to his nephew, Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook [1826-1904], Stratton Park, Hampshire; by inheritance to his son, Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook [1850-1929], Stratton Park, Hampshire; (Duveen Brothers, London and New York); sold November 1927 to Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded 28 December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.

[1] See William Henry James Weale, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures Belonging to the Earl of Northbrook, 2 vols., London, 1889, introduction, regarding the early provenance of this picture.

[2] Thomas Baring jointly purchased the Verstolk Collection in 1846 with Lord Overstone (Mr. Jones Loyd) and Humphrey Mildmay. That same year he obtained the sole ownership of the painting from the joint purchase.

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