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Summary

Artist
Title Dutch: De Geograaf
The Geographer
Date 1669
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 53 cm (20.9 in). Width: 46.6 cm (18.3 in).
Accession number Inv. Nr. 1149
Object history

1669 (?): acquired by Adriaen Paets (1631-1686), Rotterdam (?)
1686: inherited by Adriaen Paets (1657-1712), Rotterdam (?)
27 April 1713: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Rotterdam
1713 (?): acquired by from Hendrik Sorgh (†1720), Amsterdam
28 March 1720: sale of the collection of Hendrik Sorgh, Amsterdam, at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
by 1727: Govert Looten (1668-1727), Amsterdam
31 March 1729: sale of the collection of Govert Looten, Amsterdam, at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
by 1778: Jacob Crammer Simonsz. (1725-1778), Amsterdam
25 November 1778: purchased by De Vries at the sale of the collection of Jacob Crammer Simonsz. at Schley, Amsterdam
1778: acquired by Jean Etienne Fizeaux (†1780), Amsterdam
1780: inherited by the widow of Jean Etienne Fizeaux
1784 or 1785: acquired by Pieter Fouquet and Joseph Paillet (art dealer), Paris
between 1785 and 1794 (?): acquired by Jan Danser Nyman (1735-1796), Amsterdam
16 August 1797: purchased by Christian Josi, Amsterdam/ London, at the sale of the collection of Jan Danser Nyman at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
1797 (?): acquired by Arnoud de Lange (†1803), Amsterdam
12 December 1803: purchased by Coclers at the sale of the collection of Arnoud de Lange at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
by 1821: Johann Goll van Franckenstein, Jr. (1756-1821), Velzen/Amsterdam
by 1832: Pieter Hendrick Goll van Franckenstein (1787-1832), Amsterdam
1 July 1833: purchased by Christian Johannes Nieuwenhuys, Brussels/ London, at the sale of the collection of Pieter Hendrick Goll van Franckenstein at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
before 1860: purchased by Alexandre Dumont, Cambrai, from Christian Johannes Nieuwenhuys, Brussels/ London
1866: purchased by Isaac Péreire, Paris, from Alexandre Dumont, Cambrai, through Thoré-Bürger
6 March 1872: sale of the collection of the Péreire brothers at an unknown auction house, Paris
1872 (?): acquired by Max Kann, Paris (?)
circa 1875: purchased by Prince Demidoff di San Donato, near Florence, from Sedelmeyer, Paris
15 March 1880: purchased by Adolf Josef Bösch (†1884), Döbling (?), at the sale of the collection of Prince Demidoff di San Donato at an unknown auction house, San Donato

28 April 1885: purchased by Frankfurter Kunstverein at the sale of the collection of Adolf Josef Bösch, Döbling at Kaeser, Plach & Kohlbacher, Döbling
Inscriptions Signature and date top right: IVer-Meer / MDCLVIIII
References http://www.staedelmuseum.de/sm/index.php?StoryID=1309&ObjectID=293
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