Provenance
The sitter, Théodore Duret (1838-1937), Paris
his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1 March 1928, nr. 47
with Jos Hessel, Paris
sold to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts, Algiers, who shortly returned it to Hessel
sold 19 December 1928 to Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London
sold 11 February 1929 to Étienne Bignou, Paris
sold 22 November 1929 to
Chester Dale (1882-1962), New York
bequest 1963 to NGA