Provenance
Purchased in 1872 by Robert Bussler, Privy counsellor of the court of Prussia in charge of the royal collections of art, for 480 Marks on behalf of
HRH the Kronprinz of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm (future Kaiser Friedrich III in 1888), given to his wife
Princess Victoria of Great Britain
Emperor Wilhelm II, and by descent to
Prince Eitel Friedrich (inv. no. 4751)
with Frietzes Kunsthandel, Stockholm, 1928
private collection, Sweden and thence by descent to the present owners
sale Bonhams, London, 8 July 2015, nr. 79 (withdrawn)