Probably commissioned by the Bicker family, Amsterdam.[1] Pieter Locquet [d. 1781]; (his estate sale, Amsterdam, 22-24 September 1783, no. 448); Mi[...]er.[2] Private collection, England; (sale, Bonhams, London, 12 September 2009, no. 82); (Johnny Van Haeften, Ltd., London); purchased 19 January 2011 by NGA. [1] The painted panel on the stern of the warship in the painting bears an image of a castle, which identifies the ship as the _Huis te Swieten_, an important warship in the fleet of Amsterdam's Admiralty. The warship was named after Castle Swieten (or Zwieten), since 1632 the country estate of Cornelils Bicker (1592-1654), a member of the most powerful family in Amsterdam at the time. One of the four Bicker brothers--Andries (1586-1652), Jacob (1588-1647), Jan (1591-1653), and Cornelis--likely commissioned the painting from Nooms, who executed other paintings as well as engravings that included views of Bicker family property. [2] A copy of the sale catalogue, annotated with buyers names and prices, is available on the Internet Archive: https://ia800800.us.archive.org/18/items/catalogusvaneenu00locq/catalogusvaneenu00locq.pdf (accessed 26 June 2017). The middle letters of the buyer's name are not clear.