Provenance

Sale, B. Kooy, Amsterdam, 20 April 1820, nr. 86 (fl. 163, Lelie)
P.J.F Vranken, sale Antwerp, 1838, nr. 73
Baron A. von Oppenheim, Cologne
Sir Henry Price, Sotheby's, 6th March, 1957 (bought Speelman)
acquired privately by the present owner in 1985
sale Bonhams, London, 8 December 2004, nr. 88 (withdrawn)

Other works by Jan Steen

Village Wedding

The Death of Ananias
1651

The Marriage at Cana
1653

The Sick Girl
1660

Rest on the Flight to Egypt
1670-74