Lot Essay
The prototype of 1669, oil on panel, 75,5 x 58 cm, is in the Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, since 1936, in which year it was donated by Sir Henry Deterding (R.Baer, Gerrit Dou 1613 - 1675, exhibition catalogue Washington/The Hague, 2000/2001, pp.128/9, no.32, ill.).