Provenance

Probably, Robert Strange sale, Christie's, London, 5 March, 1773, nr. 107 ('Le Brun - The Passage of the Red Sea, from Poussin')
Probably, Sir Thomas Rumbold of Woodhall Park, circa 1773
From whom probably purchased in 1800 by Samuel Smith
Probably the collection of Abel Smith of Berkeley Square, circa 1835
Probably thence by family descent until the sale of the Principal Contents of Woodhall Park, Sotheby's 11 March 1931, nr. 20, 72 x 83 1/2 in. (as by Poussin)
Sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2018, nr. 54

Other works by Charles Le Brun

The Sacrifice of Polyxena
1647

Portrait of Jacques Stella
c. 1645-1650

The Resurrection
1674-1676

Daedalus and Icarus

Établissement de l'Académie des sciences et fondation de l'Observatoire (1666)
1673/81