Provenance

Robbert de Neufville, Leiden
his sale, Haak, Leiden, 15 March 1736, nr. 9 (for 42 florins)
Nicolaas Nieuhoff, Amsterdam
his sale, Van der Schey-de Winter-Yver, Amsterdam, 14 April 1777, nr. 29 (for 800 florins to Fouquet)
with M. Antoine-Charles Dulac, Paris
sale, Chariot-Paillet, Paris, 30 November 1778, nr. 240 (for 1,960 livres to Dubois)
Jan Jansz Gildemeester, Amsterdam
his sale, Van der Schley, Amsterdam, 11 June 1800, nr. 29 (for 255 florins to B. Kooy)
Arend van der Werff van Zuidland, Dordrecht
his sale, Versteegh, Dordrecht, 31 July 1811, nr. 111 (for 140 florins to Meulemans for Van der Werff of Haarlem)
Chevalier Sébastian Érard (1752–1831), Château de la Muette, Passy
his sale, Henry-Lacoste, Paris, 23 April 1832 (date of sale changed to 7–14 August 1832), nr. 154 (for 2,000 francs to Henry (bought in))
sale Érard et al., Christie’s, London, 22 June 1833, nr. 9 (bought in at £65.2)
G. de Poulton Nicholson, Berlin
his sale, Lepke, Berlin, 8 April 1924, nr. 70 (for 20,500 marks)
with Steinmeyer, Lucerne, 1924
with S. Bolton, London, 1925
with Böhler and Steinmeyer, New York, 1929
sale, Sir George Vernon et al., Puttick & Simpson, London, 27 November 1929, nr. 44 (as “Property of a Gentleman” (W. G. Eden); £15 to Cooper (bought in))
sale, Lord Dewar et al., Puttick & Simpson, London, 28 May 1930, nr. 108 (property of W. G. Eden; £6.60 to Ede (bought in))
Hershel V. Jones (1861–1928), Minneapolis
by descent to Mrs. Hershel V. Jones, New York
sale, Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet, New York, 18 April 1940, nr. 57; for $1,900 to D. W. Cooper
D. W. Cooper
by descent to Elizabeth C. Dunham
sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 8 October 1993, nr. 178A
private collection
sale, Christie’s, London, 6 December 2007, nr. 55 to van Haeften
with Johnny Van Haeften, London, 2007
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2007
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External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number GB-107

Other works by Gerard ter Borch

A couple drinking wine

Boy Fleaing a Dog
after 1728

The Music Lesson
c. 1668

Portrait of Antonie Charles de Liedekercke, his wife Willemina van Braeckel and their son Samuel
c. 1654/55

An elegant lady reading a letter in the presence of a messenger
18th Century