Coenraet Droste

Coenraet Droste, or Baron Droste, was an art collector living in the Netherlands, and active, among other European locations, in London, Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Rotterdam, Maastricht. On 21 July 1734, Droste’s collection was sold at an unknown auction house in The Hague. He is mentioned in the provenance of the painting Meleager presentant la t_ête du sanglier à Atalante_ by Willem van Mieris that Adolphe Schloss later sold during his lifetime. Link: https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/487128. Accessed on 29 May 2021.