Provenance
William Irby, 1st Baron Boston, Hedsor House, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, until died 1775
the Barons Boston, Hedsor House, 1775–1877
George Florance Irby, 6th Baron Boston, Hedsor House, 1877–died 1941
sale, Christie's, London, 6 March 1942, nr. 52, with pendant, as "Islands near Venice," for 504 gns., to Leger
with Leger Galleries, London, from 1942
Mrs. John Hall, in 1962
Patrick C. Hall, Longford Hall, Newport, Shropshire, until 1966
sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1966, nr. 64, as "A Caprice, with a Distant View of Venice," for £16,000 to Agnew
with
Agnew, London, 1966–67; sold to Rust
David Rust, Washington, D.C., 1967–86; sold to Harari & Johns
with Harari & Johns, London, 1986–87; sold to Wrightsman
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1987–died 2019; cat., 2005, nr. 20
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