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September 1761, Album Z, lot 3218 (to van der Marck for 4.15 fl.); Johan van der Marck Ægzn (1707–72), Leiden, his sale, Amsterdam, de Winter & IJver, 29ff. November 1773, Album A, lot 67: ‘<i>Jaques de Gyn. Een zittende Man by een brandende Berg, met de Pen geärseerd, h. 6½ b. 9½ duim</i>.’ (with lots 66 and 68 to ‘Grebe’ for 44 fl.); Pieter Oets (1720 or before–1780), Amsterdam, his sale, Amsterdam, de Winter, 11 March 1776, Album D, lot 378: ‘<i>Een naakte Man, zittende by een brandende Berg, fraay met de Pen gearseerd, door denzelven [J. de Gyn</i>]’ (with lots 376–7 to ‘Busserus’ for 0.6 fl.); possibly Hendrik Busserus (1701–81), Amsterdam, possibly his sale, Amsterdam, van der Schley … Maarszen, 21ff. October 1782, possibly one of fourteen drawings in seven pairs in Album 7, lots 443–9 (all to ‘Nijman’ for 3 fl.); possibly Theodorus van Duijsel (d. 1784 or before), The Hague, his sale, Amsterdam, van der Schley … IJver, 11 October 1784, Album O, lot 992: ‘<i>Een Oudvader by een brandende Poel, fiks met de pen, door J. de Gheyn</i>’ (to ‘Wubbels’ for 10 fl.); Jonkheer Johann Goll van Franckenstein the elder (1722–85), Velzen (his number 2193 in brown ink on the verso; L. 2987); his son, Jonkheer Johan Goll van Franckenstein the younger (1756–1821), Velzen and Amsterdam; Jacob Helmolt (1747–1808), Haarlem (his No- 50 in brown ink on verso; L. Suppl. 2986b), possibly his sale, Amsterdam, van der Schley ... de Vries, 11–14 April 1810, Album B, lot 57: ‘<i>Een zittend Beeld. Met de pen, door J. de Ghijn</i>’ (with lot 56 to ‘Hendriks’ for 3 fl.); Foster;1 Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. 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