Gerard ter Borch the Younger (painter) Dutch, 1617 - 1681 The Suitor's Visit, c. 1658 oil on canvas Overall: 80 x 75 cm (31 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.) framed: 110.8 x 106 x 12.7 cm (43 5/8 x 41 3/4 x 5 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.58

From the Tour: Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Scenes of Daily Life in the 1600s
Object 6 of 8

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Charles-Auguste-Louis-Joseph, duc de Morny [1811-1865], Paris; (his estate sale, at the Palais de la Présidence du Corps Législatif, Paris, 31 May-12 June 1865, no. 82); Josè Salamanca y Mayol [Marquès de Salamance, d. 1866], Madrid; (sale, Paris, 3-6 June 1867, no. 126); Baron Adolphe de Rothschild [1823-1900], Paris; by inheritance to Baron Maurice de Rothschild [d. 1957], Paris; (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris), in 1922; sold July 1922 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.

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• Duveen Brothers, Inc.
• Mellon, Andrew W.
• Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
• Morny, Charles-Auguste-Louis-Joseph, duc de
• Rothschild, Adolphe de, Baron
• Rothschild, Maurice de, Baron
• Salamanca, Marqués de
• Sale, Paris
• Sale, Paris

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