Provenance

Henry Hare Townsend (1765?-1827), Downhills, near Tottenham, Middlesex
sale Christie's, London, 9 June 1827, nr. 95, as 'Velasquez' (26 gns.)
Col. Hugh Duncan Baillie (1777-1866), Hedburgh, Roxburghshire
his sale, Christie's, London, 15 May 1858, nr. 22, as 'Velazquez' (185 gns. to Bruce)
Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), London
his sale, Christie's, London, 14 May 1881, nr. 287, as 'Velasquez' (830 gns. to Germain)
Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819-1902), New York, by whom donated in 1889 to
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
sale Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1979, nr. 115, as 'Workshop of Diego Velazquez', where acquired by the father of the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, Property from a California Estate, 31 October 2017, nr. 40

Other works by Diego Velazquez

Three Musicians
c. 1617

Camillo Astalli
c. 1650-51

The Infanta Margarita in White
c. 1655-56

Dwarf with a Mastiff
c. 1640

The Immaculate Conception
1618