Provenance
the sitter's brother, Bonaventure Journu, Bordeaux, until died 1781
his son, Bernard Journu-Auber, later comte de Tustal, château de Tustal, Sadirac, 1781–died 1815
his daughter, Mme Jean-Baptiste Jacques Le Grix de La Salle, from 1815
her granddaughter, Louise Le Grix, comtesse de Tustal, château du Petit-Verdus, Sadirac, sold to Groult
Camille Groult, Paris, by 1896–died 1908
Mme Camille Groult, Paris, from 1908
by descent to Bordeaux Groult, Paris, until 2002
sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 27 June 2002, nr. 39, to Artemis
with Artemis, Munich and New York, 2002–3, sold to MMA