Marking: Partial collector's mark of Damery (Lugt 2862) at the lower right; collector's mark of Jules and Edmond de Goncourt (Lugt 1089) at bottom center

Chevalier de Damery (French, died 1803 (?))his sale, Paris, November 18-19, 1803, lot 2.; G. T. Villenave Villenave sale, Paris, June 14-18, 1847 (auction postponed until February 1, 1848), lot 67; Edmond de Goncourt (French, Paris 1822–1896 Paris)Lugt 1089; Goncourt collection sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Feb. 15-17, 1897, lot 23.; Etienne-François Haro acquired at Goncourt sale; Baron Joseph Raphaël Vitta (1860–1942)His collection sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, June 27-28, 1924, lot 30; Leon Lowenstein Lowenstein sale, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, December 17, 1935, lot 17; John Pape (South Africa and London)Acquired at Lowenstein sale, Paris, 1935; Mme. Carterton ; Vendor: Wildenstein & Co., Ltd., London

Michel 748, 757

Ananoff 1980.384

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