With J. B. van den Bergh (dealer, d. 1833), AmstEarly and Modern Dutch painterserdam, by 1833; probably J. B. van den Bergh sale, Amsterdam, 15 July 1833, no. 242; included in exhibition of Early and Modern Dutch painters, Guildhall Gallery, London, 1903; collection of Martin Rikoff, Paris, by 1907; Martin Rikoff sale, Galerie Georges Petit, F. Lair Dubreuil (auctioneer), Paris, 4-7 December 1907 (sold 4 December), no. 22; from where purchased by Galerie F. Kleinberger (dealer), Paris, 1907; collection of Martin and Eleanore Bromberg (neé Kann, d. 1918), Hamburg, by 1913[1]; collection of Dr Max J. Emden (1874–1940), Hamburg, prior to 1938; possibly purchased by Ali Loebl (of Galerie F. Kleinberger), Paris by 1938; half interest acquired by Wildenstein & Co. (dealer), London, 1938–44[2]; purchased from Wildenstein & Co., on the recommendation of Daryl Lindsay, for the Felton Bequest, 1945.
[1] The bulk of the Bromberg collection was inherited from Eleanore Bronberg’s uncle Rodolphe Kann. An internal memo by Joseph Duveen 25 November 1923 describes a visit to the dealership by a Mr Aboucaya, a relative who had married into the Bromberg-Kann familes. He offered 4 paintings for sale, including Lady with a fan, then titled Portrait of a woman standing. See Getty Research Institute, Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981 (bulk 1909-1964). Series II. Correspondence and papers. Series II.A. Files regarding works of art: Bromberg Collection, Hamburg, Van Dyck, Steen, Rembrandt, Rubens, ca. 1923–37, accessed: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/960015b228f004
[2] Offered to Sir Sydney Cockerell for purchase by the Felton Bequest, 1939, but rejected. See correspondence Felton Bequest Correspondence, 8 June 1939.