Provenance
James, 13th Lord Somerville (1698–1765), Drum House, Scotland
by descent to his grandson John Southey, 15th Lord Somerville (1765–1819)
possibly sale, European Museum, London, March 1818, nr. 166, unsold
sale, European Museum, London, March 1819, nr. 166, unsold
by descent to Louisa Harriet Somerville Henry (1835–1923), The Pavilion, Melrose, Roxburghshire, and of Malborough Buildings, Bath
her sale, Christie’s, London, 21 November 1924, no. 123 to Lewis & Simmons or to Smith
Lewis & Simmons, New York, 1925–26
Lord Joseph Duveen, New York, by 1929
Jules Semon Bache (1861–1944), New York, 1929
with
Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York & Paris, to Marczell von Nemes, October 1929
Baron Marczell von Nemes (1866–1930), Munich
his sale, Munich, Mensing & Fils, F. Muller,
P. Cassirer, H. Helbing, 16–19 June 1931, nr. 59, to Mensing & Zoon, Amsterdam, or to an unknown American buyer
Dr. Axel L. Wenner-Gren (1881–1961), Stockholm, by 1935
his sale, London, Sotheby’s, 24 March 1965, nr. 21 to Julius Weitzner, London, and Hallsborough Galleries, London probably to Antenor Patiño, Paris
probably Antenor Patiño collection, Paris
sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 6 June 1975, nr. 27, to Baron Marcel Bich
Baron Marcel Bich (1914–94), Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France
private collection, Japan, by 1988
with
Alfred Bader Fine Arts, Milwaukee, and
Otto Naumann, Ltd., New York, 2001
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2008