Provenance

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716), Düsseldorf; Elector Carl Philipp (d. 1742), Düsseldorf; Elector Carl Theodor (d. 1799), Düsseldorf; Elector Maximilian IV Joseph, later King Maximilian I, Joseph (d. 1825), Düsseldorf and Munich; transferred to Munich on 7 November 1806, remaining in the Königliche Gemälde-Galerie, later the Alte Pinakothek, until 1938; sold with ministerial approval on 5 September 1938; (Agnew's, London); (Edward Speelman, London); Arthur Goldschmidt; W. van der Vorm, Rotterdam; presented to the Museum Boymans Foundation in 1939; inv. no. St. 4.

Bibliography

Van Gool 1751, 2: 538; Reynolds 1781; J. Smith 1829, no. 108; Martin 1901, no. 86; Hofstede de Groot 1907, no. 68; Martin 1911, no. 36; Martin 1913, 81; Gerson 1942, 246-251; Plietzsch 1960, 41 Û; Van Hall 1963, no. 527.32; Gudlaugsson 1965, 135; E. de Jongh 1967, 70-74; Eckardt 1971, 40; Emmens 1971, 4a-b; Gaskell 1982, 18-20; Alpers 1983, 116-118; Hunnewell 1983, 108-119; Sumowski 1983, 1: no. 280; Brown 1984, 43-47; Raupp 1984, 257; Feer 1985, 42-49; Stone-Ferrier 1989, 443; Baer 1990, no. 58; Sluijter 1990a, 28-33; The Hague and San Francisco 1990-1991, 219, 222; Sluijter 1993, 72-73; Dixon 1995, 189-190; Lammertse 1997, 110-120.

Exhibitions

Rotterdam 1939-1940, no. 14; Amsterdam 1976, no. 16.