Provenance
In the collection of the Stadtholder (according to Smith).
Jacques Ignatius de Roore (1686-1747), painter and picture dealer, The Hague, from whom acquired for 725 florins by the following,
Willem Lormier (1682-1758), The Hague, by 1752; his sale (+), Franken, The Hague, 4 July 1763, lot 323 (1,305 florins to De Selue).
Acquired by Captain Baillie at the above sale for the following,
Sir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1736-1802), Lowther Castle, Cumbria, and by descent until 2011.
Private collection, The Netherlands.
Literature
G. Hoet, Catalogus of Naamlijst van schilderijen met derzelver prijzen..., The Hague, 1752-70, II, p. 446.
P. Terwesten, Catalogus of Naamlijst van Schilderijen, met derzelver pryzen zedert den 22. August 1752 tot der 21. November 1768 verkogt, The Hague, 1770, no. 335.
J. Smith, A catalogue raisonné, etc., I, London, 1829, p. 218, no. 52; and 1842, no. 54, as 'A capital picture'.
G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, III, London, 1845, p. 262, as 'A rich and very picturesque composition of his second manner. Very spirited and delicate in execution, though somewhat cold.' C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné, etc., II Esslingen and Paris, 1909, pp. 536-7, no. 864.