William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Provenance

J. Wolfe (probably John Wolfe (1821-1894), New York)
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired directly from the above, 29 May 1877, as Maternal Affection
George Small (1825-1891), Baltimore, acquired directly from the above, 29 May 1879
Mary Jackson Small, his wife, by descent
Samuel Small, York, PA, her brother-in-law, by descent, by 1903
George Small Schmidt, Sr., York, PA, by descent, by 1928
George Small Schmidt, Jr., York, PA, by descent, by 1940
Josephine F. Schmidt, York, PA, by descent from the above
her estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 29 February 1984, nr. 70
with Borghi & Co., New York
acquired directly from the above by the present owner
sale (Property of a Prince) Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018, nr. 23

Other works by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

First Bereavement
1888

Daisies
1894

Portrait of Charles Garnier
1853

The Snack
1895

The Curtsey
1898