Provenance
The artist's entry in the 1786 competition for the Prix de Rome
possibly given by the artist to Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and/or his wife, Mme Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier (1758-1836), after 1804, Comtesse de Rumford], Paris
seized 1794 by the French state
returned 1796 to Mme Lavoisier
private collection, France, from at least the early 20th century
sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, 29 October 2019, nr. 749
purchased by NGA
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