Keywords: Girl with a Broom.jpg Workshop of Possibly probably begun 1646/1648 and completed 1651 oil on canvas cm 107 3 91 4 National Gallery of Art 51 accession number 1937 1 74 place of creation place of discovery object history Almost certainly Herman Becker c 1617-1678 Amsterdam<br/>Pierre Crozat 1665-1740 Paris before 1740 by inheritance to his nephews first to Louis-François Crozat marquis du Châtel 1691-1750 Paris and then on Louis-François' death without a male heir to Louis-Antoine Crozat baron de Thiers 1699-1770 Paris; the latter's heirs purchased 1772 through Denis Diderot 1713-1784 as an intermediary by Catherine II empress of Russia 1729-1796 for the Imperial Hermitage Gallery Saint Petersburg; sold February 1931 as a painting by Rembrandt through Matthiesen Gallery Berlin; P D Colnaghi Co London; and M Knoedler Co New York to Andrew W Mellon Pittsburgh and Washington D C deeded 1 May 1937 to The A W Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Pittsburgh gift 1937 to NGA exhibition history 1969 Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death National Gallery of Art Washington D C 1969 no 11 repro as by Rembrandt 1992 Rembrandt Och Hans Tid Rembrandt and His Age Nationalmuseum Stockholm 1992-1993 no 83 as by Carel Fabritius and Rembrandt Workshop credit line Andrew W Mellon Collection Rembrandt f 1651 ~ ll signature / date 81 Q20177232 PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT Rembrandt; Girl with a Broom 1651; NGA Paintings by Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art Dutch Golden Age paintings in the National Gallery of Art Paintings formerly in the Hermitage School of Rembrandt Brooms in art |