Provenance

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1614-1662), Imperial collection, Brussels and Vienna, circa 1650, from whom possibly acquired by
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), Blenheim Palace, and by descent to
George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (1844-1892), Blenheim Palace
sale Christie's, on the premises, 24 July 1886 (=2nd day), nr. 97, as ‘Herodias with the head of John the Baptist. Copied from Titian. An inner frame is introduced in this painting which does not appear in the engraving. Engraved in the ‘Teniers Gallery’ by L. Vorsterman' (4 gns. to Davis)
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale (1829-1907), and by descent, first at Bretton Hall, Yorkshire, until circa 1947, and then at Bywell Hall, Northumberland
sale Christie's, London, Property of the Trustees of 4th Viscount Allendale, 6 July 2018, nr. 124

Other works by David Teniers the Younger

Peasant Kermis

Peasant Kermis
c. 1665

An interior of a barn with a shepherd and his flock

The Temptation of St. Anthony
c. 1645

Peasants Playing Cards
1633