Provenance
Sale, Oxenham & Son, London, 31 May-1 June 1832, nr. 83, as Rabelais by "Jeannet"
Sir John Rushout, 6th bt. and 2nd baron Northwick (1770-1859), Northwick Park, near Moreton-in-Marsh, originally Worcestershire, now Gloucestershire, and Thirlestane House, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
to his nephew, Sir George Rushout, 7th bt. and 3rd baron Northwick (1811-1887), Northwick Park
by inheritance to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta, Lady Northwick (née Bateman-Hanbury, 1832-1912), Northwick Park
by inheritance to her grandson from her first marriage, Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), Northwick Park
his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 May 1965, nr. 38
with
P. & D. Colnaghi, London
purchased 1965 by NGA