Portrait of a Donor

John Osmaston, Osmaston Manor, Derbyshire, by 1879.[1] Alfred Brown, Brighton, by 1906.[2] Mrs. M. A. T. Slark; (sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 1948, no. 67, as by Jan van Eyck); acquired by (David M. Koetser Gallery, New York, London, and Zurich).[3] (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1950); on joint account with (Thomas Agnew and Sons, London) and (Pinakos, Inc [Rudolf Heinemann], New York); purchased February 1952 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[4] gift 1961 to NGA. [1] John Osmaston is listed as owner in _Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School_, London, Royal Academy of the Arts, 1879, no. 218 (as Jan van Eyck). [2] Alfred Brown is listed as owner in _Exhibition of Works by Flemish and Modern Belgian Painters_, London, Art Gallery of the Corporation of London (Guildhall), 1906, no. 4 (as John van Eyck). [3] Seller and buyer per annotated auctioneer catalogue, Christie's Archive, London. [4] M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Stock book no. 10, p. 40, no. A3945, and Sales book no. 16, p. 383 (copies in NGA curatorial files, see also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/1667).