Provenance
Commissioned November 1771 by Henry, 8th Lord Arundell of Wardour (1740-1808), Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire
by descent in his family
Arundell sale, at Wardour Castle, 10 September 1952, nr. 144, as The Storm (paired with The Calm)
with Galerie Popoff, Paris, by 1957
private collection, France
with Marc Blondeau, Paris/Sotheby's, New York
purchased 17 February 2000 by NGA