Provenance

The Rt Hon. the Earl of Jersey, Osterley Park
by whom sold, London, Christie's, 15 July 1949, nr. 168, with another in the lot, for 32 guineas to [Herbert] Bier
anonymous sale, Lucerne, Galerie Fischer, 21 January 1958
anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 31 October 1990, nr. 17 (as attributed to Schalcken)
with Rafael Valls, London, 1990–91
from whom acquired by the late husband of the present owner
sale (the property of a lady) Sotheby's, London, 5 December 2018, nr. 17

Other works by Godfried Schalcken

A Woman singing and a Man with a Cittern

Portrait of James Stuart, Duke of Lennox and Richmond
1692-96

A Useless Moral Lesson
c. 1680-85

The Conversion of Mary Magdalen
1700

The Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver
1680-85