with Thomas Agnew, Manchester (label on the reverse)
Stanley N. Barber, Beverly Hills
Willy Nordwind, Chicago
Anon. Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 20 February 1946, lot 167, with ill.
Anon. Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 28 April 1949, lot 13, with ill.
Edwin Thanhouser ( ); Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 17 October 1956, lot 22, as Jan Steen, where purchased by the present owner's parents
Literature
K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, 1980, p. 176, under no. B 226