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"1 Christie's could not disclose the identity of the dealer who purchased the Santvoort at the 1972 sale. Given the brief length of time between the auction and the Butkins' donation of the painting to CMA in 1975, it is likely that this dealer sold the painting to the Butkins shortly after his or her purchase of the painting at Sotheby Parke Bernet - a more likely scenario than the Butkins' purchasing the painting at the auction through this unnamed dealer, as Christie's records show that the Butkins were not the buyers.
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"description": "(Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Nov. 3, 1972, no. 38, sold to an American art dealer)",
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"description": "(M. Knoedler & Co., New York, probably sold to a private collector) 1",
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"1 While it is likely that Knoedler sold the Santvoort to a private collector, it is not known if the buyer was the same private collector from whose estate Sotheby Parke Bernet sold the painting in 1972.
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"description": "J.T. or J.F. Drake 1",
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"1The buyer written in the annotated copy of the Anderson Galleries catalogue appears to read \u201cJ.F. Drake,\u201d but the handwriting is not easily legible. The published auction results in American Art News say that \u201cJ.T. Drake\u201d paid $430 for the Santvoort, while those same auction results note that James F. Drake purchased a first edition in a books sale, and indeed, James F. Drake was a New York auction house specializing in books and manuscripts. Lugt\u2019s R\u00e9pertoire lists no J. Drakes.
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"description": "(Sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 3-5, 1916, no. 152, illus. p. 42, sold to J.T. or J.F. Drake) 1",
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"1 William Macbeth writes in his preface to the sale catalogue that because the increasing interest in American art took up much of his time, he kept postponing any exhibitions of his Old Masters collection, having finally decided to store them no longer and put them up for auction.
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"1The purchaser of this painting is not listed in the sale catalogue, and because William Macbeth indicates that he purchased a collection in Holland in 1895 that was formed by \u201cM. Muijser,\u201d it is possible that the painting failed to sell at the auction and Muyser remained in possession of it until Macbeth bought it from him twelve years later. Unlike most of the Macbeth Gallery stock books, which are held by the Archives of American Art, the volume covering the years 1984-1903 contains a record of the paintings personally owned by William Macbeth, and the Santvoort and numerous other Old Master paintings are listed under \u201cCollection bought of M. Muisjer, The Hague, Holland, August 1895.\u201d
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"1M. Muyser (sometimes spelled \u201cMuijser\u201d) could be J.L. Muyser, who is referred to in Hofstede de Groot\u2019s A Catalogue Raisonn\u00e9 of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeeth Century as owning or previously owning several other paintings. There is also a J.L. Muyser, likely the same person, who was a prolific collector of the work of Josef Israels. A sale catalogue of his Israels collection is dated May 3, 1904, but provides neither his full name nor any additional information. One candidate is a J.L. Muyser listed in the \u201cNederlandsche Residentie- en \u2018Sgravenhaagsche Stads-Almanak\u201d from 1864: Volume 19, page 170 lists J.L. Muyser as one of two cashiers/controllers of the royal household (\u201ccontroleur en kassier der hofhouding\u201d).
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"did_you_know": "Amsterdam was a very important trade center when this portrait was painted in the mid-1600s. In this portrait, the girl wears an African ostrich feather in her hair and her skin appears to glow. Look closely at the way her small hands were treated and the naturalistic way they grip the musical instrument.",
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"description": "This painting belongs to a series of portraits representing the five senses and each depicting a daughter of a wealthy family from Amsterdam. This portrait of 11-year-old Elizabeth Spiegel, who holds a recorder in her hands, represents the sense of hearing. Her gown of costly satin and pearl ornaments proclaims her family's prosperity, and the imported ostrich feathers from Africa indicate Amsterdam's role as an international trade center.",
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