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THE ORIGINAL OF CIRCA 1635, SIGNED, ON CANVAS, 131 X 161 CM, IS IN THE STAATLICHE KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN GEMäLDEGALERIE, DRESDEN. IT WAS PURCHASED BY LE LIEU, AGENT OF THE ELECTOR OF SAXONY, FROM ARAIGNON, PARIS IN 1751 (J. BRUYN ET.AL., A CORPUS OF REMBRANDT PAINTINGS, III, 1989, PP.134-147, NOA111, ILL.).