The writing desk was later bought by the 3rd Duke of Richmond when he was ambassador to the French court between 1765 and 1766.

WSJ: Collecting: Treasures With History

Two marvelous Van Dycks dated 1634 hang across from the Rembrandt: Princess Henrietta of Lorraine, attended by a page, and James Stuart, First Duke of Richmond, a beautiful young man with cascading blond locks, attended by his powerful hound and backed up, like Princess Henrietta, by voluminous drapery.

WSJ: Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Status Symbols | by Willard Spiegelman