Provenance

Comte du Barry; his sale, Remy Lebrun, Paris, 21 November 1774, nr. 99 (600 livres).
Hortense Marmont, Duchesse de Raguse (1779-1855); (†) her sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 December 1857, nrs. 35 and 36.
Gustave Rothan (1822-1890); his sale (†), Georges Petit, Paris, 29-31 May 1890, nrs. 168 and 169 (3000 and 3900 francs, respectively).
Private collection, Paris.
with Galerie Heim, Paris, where acquired by the present owner in 1971
Sale (Property from the Collection of Elizabeth Stafford) Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018, nr. 48

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