The Merry Drinkers

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Probably Cornelis Pieter, Baron van Leyden, Warmond, before 1790; his widow, Hermina Jacoba, Baroness van Leyden, born Countess de Thoms, Warmond, before 1814; her sale, Warmond, 31 July 1816 (Lugt 8948), no. 29 (for 1,110 guilders to Steengracht); jonkheer Johan Steengracht van Oostcapelle, The Hague, 1816-1846; acquired at a family auction by his second son, jonkheer Hendrik Steengracht van Oostcapelle, The Hague, 1846-1875; by inheritance to his nephew, Hendricus Adolphus Steengracht van Duivenvoorde, The Hague and Voorschoten, 1875-1912; his sale Paris, 9 June 1913 (Lugt 72900), no. 55 (for 30,550 francs to ‘Stettiner’); sale Amsterdam (Frederik Muller), 12 April 1932, no. 242 (to Goudstikker); J. Goudstikker Gallery, Amsterdam; purchased, 1932