Anonymous sale ("Property of a Gentleman, deceased"), London, Christie’s, 1 𒐪June 1861, lot 21 (as Verschuring, bought by Graves for 15 gns.);

William Dickinson (1802-1880);

His Trustees sale, London, Christie’s, 5 Deꦬcember 1919, lot 149, although withdrawn from that sale;

Thence by descent in the Dickinson family;

By whom anonymously sold, London, Sotheby’s, 20 April 1988, lot 70;🔯

There acquired by Otto Nauജmann, Ltd𒈔., New York, 1988;

From whom acquired.

P. Dekker and R. Eggink, De walvisvaarder Prins Willem op de Nieuwe Maas bij Rotterdam, Amsterdam 1989, passim;

Mirror of Empire: Dutch Marine Art of the Seventeenth Century, exꩵhibitio🌄n catalogue, Cambridge and New York 1991, pp. 182-184, cat. no. 44, reproduced;

Rotterdamse meesters uit de Gouden Eeuw, exhibition catalogue, Zwolle 2004, pp. 91-92, repr♛oduced fig. 14;

A. Hoving and C. Emke, The Ships of Abel Tasman, Hilversum 2000, p. 36, detail of the whaler Prins Willem reproduced;

J. Giltaij,  “Lieve Verschuier (1627-1686), Een Rotterdamse scheepsbeeldhouwer en schilder” in Schatkamer, Veertien opstellen over maritiem-historische onderwerpen aangeboden aan Leo M. Akveld, Rotterdam 2002, cat. no. 20.