Provenance
Pierre Crozat (1665-1740), Paris, before 1740
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
sold March 1931, as a painting by Rembrandt, through Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin,
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, and
M. Knoedler & Co., New York to
Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded 30 March 1932 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA