Provenance
collection Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), London
?his sale, London, Christie's, 17 (18) July 1893 sqq., possibly nr. 254, as Rembrandt van Rijn, to Robinson
Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), London
from whom purchased, as Rembrandt van Rijn, with seven other drawings, through the mediation of the dealer
Thomas Agnew, London, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1901
by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct
transferred to the museum, 1930