Literature

Fred Leeman, Hanna Pennock, Museum Mesdag, Amsterdam; Zwolle, 1996, cat no. 110

Provenance

Purchased by Mesdag from Wisselingh, The Hague, 1888

Other works by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

The Punishment of the Hooks

The Reading of a Firman

The Favourite of the Pasha

The Bookworm

The Villa Doria Pamphilj, Rome