Provenance

The artist.
Étienne-François Haro (1827-1897) and Henri Haro (1855-1911), acquired directly from the above, 13 October 1866 (but possibly never collected from the artist's studio).
The artist's estate sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6 May 1867, lot 24, as Deux études de bras pour la figure d'Apelles.
Henri Lehmann (1814-1882), Paris, acquired at the above sale.
His sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 2-3 March 1883, lot 137.
Étienne-Edmond Martin, baron de Beurnonville (1825-1906), Paris, probably acquired at the above sale.
His sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30-31 January 1885, lot 153, as Deux études de bras.
[C?]lauzel, acquired at the above sale.
Hippolyte Adam (1828-1901), Boulogne and Paris.
Private collection, Paris, by 1956, until at least 1980.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel des Ventes, Saumur, 18 June 1983, as Étude pour L'apothéose d'Homère.
with E.V. Thaw & Co. Inc., New York.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 28 November 1983
Sale Christie's, New York, 21 May 2025, nr. 145

Other works by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Portrait of Duke Ferdinand Philippe of Orléans
1843

Back View of a Bather
1807

The grand odalisque
1814

The Virgin Adoring the Host
1852

Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn, Princesse de Broglie
1853