Jan Vermeer van Utrecht Kardinal Jan Vermeer van Utrecht Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie RKD Archiv infrared investigation study (IRR-Osiris A1) Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig. responsible curators stated: there were no preparation sketches at all. Jan Davidsz. De Heem developed and changed his compositions directly on the canvas during the painting process. evidence Pentimenti Paeonia peregrina cornucopia foot anchoring point flowers garland. Orange-Nassau' (carried french army Louvre in 1795, Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon appendant preliminary work portrait painting gift (Deal) William III. of Orange-Nassau, Governor of the Netherlands, King of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1672 (as William II. and "King Billy"). few secured works. facsimile signature publication: Dr. Hugo Toman: Ueber die Malerfamilie de Heem,: Repetitorium für Kunstwissenschaft 1888(Arnold Houbraken, De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders). Premier Commissaire Raschke Antwerpen Friedrich August I. von Sachsen August der Starke 1670-1733 Gemäldegalerie Dresden Sam Segal, Amsterdam Friedrich August I of Saxony, called August the Strong ( 1670-1733) Netherlands infra-red examination Prof. Dr. Claus Grimm Douwes Fine Art Amsterdam Oeuvre catalogue Fred G. Meijer Italian collector Don Antonio Ruffo noble family collection in Messina, Sicily, Baroque art, Rembrandt van Rijn