Provenance
with William Sykes (c. 1659-1724), London, where acquired before 1724 for £200 by
Henrietta Louisa Fermor, Countess of Pomfret (died 1761), Easton Neston, Northamptonshire,
by inheritance to her husband Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster, First Earl of Pomfret (1698-1753), Easton Neston, Northamptonshire
his sale (†), 1753, day 2, nr. 53 (80 gns. to Horace Walpole)
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797), Strawberry Hill, and by descent
his sale, George Robins, Strawberry Hill, 18 May 1842, nr. 52 (170 gns. to Beven, for John Dent)
John Dent, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, and by descent in the family until 1977
with Edward Speelman Ltd, London, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1986
sale Christie's, New York, 27 April 2017, nr. 8