Provenance
Louis Pessard, (1774–1855) and his wife Maria Domenica Anna Erba (1793–1876)
by descent to his son, Hector Albert Louis Pessard (1815–1890)
by descent to his son, Hector Louis François Pessard (1836–1895)
by descent to his son, Roger André Pessard (1873–1961)
by inheritance to his widow, Charlotte Françoise Léonie Hilaire (1896–1961)
by inheritance to her brother, Léon François Hilaire (1906–1978)
by descent to the current owners in 1978
sale (property from a European private collection) Sotheby's, London, 5 December 2018, nr. 42