Provenance

The Collection of Mr Walker Heneage, Coker Hall, Yeovil (according to a label on the reverse)
with Gerda Newman Antique Paintings, London, where purchased by the present owner in October 1977
sale Bonhams, London, 10 April 2019, nr. 211

Other works by Godfrey Kneller

The Penitent St Peter

Portrait of a wealthy merchant, half-length, seated in black costume

The Conversion of Paul

Thoughtful scholar

Old Scholar (Vanitas Allegory)