Provenance
Pierre Crozat (1665-1740), Paris
by inheritance to his nephews, first to Louis-François Crozat, marquis du Châtel (1691-1750), Paris, and then (on Louis-François' death without a male heir) to Louis-Antoine Crozat, baron de Thiers (1699-1770), Paris
the latter's heirs
purchased 1772, through Denis Diderot (1713-1784) as an intermediary, by Catherine II, empress of Russia (1729-1796), for the
Imperial Hermitage Gallery, Saint Petersburg
purchased between June 1930 and April 1931 through Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin,
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, and
M. Knoedler & Co., New York by
Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
his estate
deeded 8 March 1938 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1940 to NGA
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