1660 (?): inherited by Tobias van Domselaer or Domseler (1611-1685), Amsterdam, from Clara de Valaer, Amsterdam

12 May 1734: purchased by Frans B at the sale of the collection of Willem Six at Gerrit Schoemaker, Amsterdam, lot no. 170, for NLG 50 (as ‘Doode vogels, van dezelve [= Rembrandt]’)

1847: inherited by Thomas Cartwright (1795-1850), Aynhoe Park, Oxfordshire, from William Ralph Cartwright, London (?)

by 1878-1915: William Cornwallis Cartwright (1825-1915), London/Aynhoe Park, Oxfordshire

1918: acquired by Frederik Muller & Co. (art dealer), Amsterdam

21 July 1942: purchased by Erhard Göpel (art dealer, The Hague, from J.J.M. Chabot, Wassenaar/Montreux/City of Brussels

1942: purchased by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) from Erhard Göpel, The Hague for the Führermuseum, Linz, Inventory number 2418,

1945 (?): transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, Inventory number 4299

1948: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, by Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, The Hague

Catalogue of Pictures of the Italian, Spanish, Flemish, and Dutch Schools, British Institution, London, 1819, in: British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, OCLC 18339134, cat. no.  90.

Catalogue of Pictures of the Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French Masters. With which the Proprietors have Favoured the Institution, British Institution, London, June 1839, OCLC 78525082, cat. no.  68.

Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School. [...] Winter Exhibition. Ninth Year, 1878, Royal Academy of Arts, London, cat. no.  95, p. 20, as Dead peafowl. Lent by W. C. Cartwright, Esq., M.P. One is hanging by the legs, another lying near a basket of fruit; a child is leaning on the sill of a window and looking at them. Signed. Canvas, 54 by 50½ in..

Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat. no.  49.

Exhibition of Works by Rembrandt. Winter exhibition, thirteenth year, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2 January 1899–11 March 1899, cat. no.  101.

Album ter herinnering aan de tentoonstelling van oude meesters, Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 1918–1919, cat. no.  5.

Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450–1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 4 January 1929–9 March 1929, OCLC 38679108, cat. no.  65.

Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter plechtige herdenking van het 300-jarig bestaan der Universiteit van Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 11 June 1932–4 September 1932, cat. no.  13.

Het stilleven, kunsthandel J. Goudstikker N.V., Amsterdam, 18 February 1933–19 March 1933, cat. no.  260.

Herwonnen Kunstbezit, 16 March 1946–May 1946, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, cat. no.  51.

Paintings looted from Holland. Returned through the efforts of the United States Armed Forces, United States of America, 7 December 1946–1 January 1948, cat. no.  35.

Rembrandt-Ausstellung zu Ehren Ihrer Majestät Königin Wilhelmine der Niederlande, anlässlich des Jubiläums ihrer fünfzigjährigen Regierungszeit, Katz Galerie, Basel, 24 July 1948–30 September 1948, cat. no.  19.

The age of Rembrandt, 19 October 1968–22 December 1968, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cat.no. 47.

Rembrandt en zijn tijd, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, City of Brussels, 23 September 1971–21 November 1971, OCLC 63826891, cat. no.  81.

Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery, London, 26 March 1992–24 May 1992, Cat.no. 30.

Rembrandt och hans tid, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2 October 1992–6 January 1993, ISBN 91-7100-416-5, cat. no.  5.

Het Nederlandse stilleven 1550-1720, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 19 June 1999–19 September 1999, ISBN 90-400-9316-4, cat. no.  40.

Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550-1720, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 31 October 1999–9 January 2000, ISBN 90-400-9317-2, cat. no.  40.

Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, 24 September 2006–7 January 2007, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, 27 January 2007–6 May 2007, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 26 May 2007–16 September 2007, cat. no.  14, p. 37.

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