 After the death of Gerrit Reynst in 1658, his widow sold a selection of the finest works in the collection to the States-General in 1660 for the then considerable sum of 80,000 guilders.In 1660 this group and twelve Roman sculptures was presented to Charles II, augmented by four non-Italian works.The gift was organized by the regents, especially the powerful Cornelis de Graeff and his younger brother Andries.