Provenance

(Probably) acquired in 1790 by Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), Broadlands, Hampshire, and by descent to,
Wilfred William Ashley, Baron Mount Temple (1867-1939), Broadlands, Hampshire, and by descent to his daughter,
Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Vicereine of India, and later Countess of Burma (1901-1960), Broadlands, Hampshire.
(Probably) with Captain Ernest Vivian Joseph, by 1949, and by whom sold on behalf of 17th Century Masters, Ltd., London, to the following,
with W.E. Duits, London, where acquired for £5,000 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on 13 December 1956
Sale Christie's, Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, New York, 21 May 2025, nr. 102

Other works by Adriaen Brouwer

A Peasant with a Bird

Pride (Superbia), One of the Seven Deadly Sins
c. 1634-37

Singing Farmers
c. 1625/26

Fighting Peasants
c. 1625-26

Peasants Brawling in a Tavern
c. 1636/38