Inscription: Verso, above unidentified coat of arms, in pen and brown ink: Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur/ Haec Scribebat Ioanno Theodosius/ Nervius suo charissimo socio (Trans.: "A true friend is revealed in uncertain times. Theodosius Nervius wrote this for his dear friend, Hans") Verso, bottom right corner, in graphite: 1996.70

Marking: Recto, bottom right corner, unidentified collector's mark Verso, center, in pen and red ink, large rectangular frame Verso, inside rectangular frame, in pen and red ink, unidentified coat of arms

Jacob Theodor Cremer (Dutch, Santpoort 1902–1979 New York); Mak van Waay ; Sotheby's, AmsterdamNov. 17, 1980, no.34; Bernard Houthakker (born 1884, Amsterdam); Christie's, New YorkJan. 11, 1994, no.111

Sotheby's, Amsterdam Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Nov. 17, 1980 sale catalogue 319 Important Paintings and Drawings Collected by J. Theodor Cremer for the Cremer Trust. Amsterdam, Nov 17 1980, cat. no. 34, fig. no. 34, pp. 27; 108, ill.

Peter Fuhring Design Into Art: Drawings for Architecture and Ornament, The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. London, 1989, cat. no. 1103, v. 2, p. 762, ill.

Christie's, New York Drawings of Architecture and Ornament from the Lodewijk Houthakker Collection [Sale cat.: January 11, 1994]. New York, 1994, cat. no. 111, fig. no. 111, ill.