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Provenance

Ed. Philips, The Hague, by 1931.[1] Prof. Dr. J.E. Heuting, Wezenbeek Oppen, Belgium; acquired 11 October 1971 through (G. Cramer [Oude Kunst], The Hague)[2] by NGA.

[1] The painting was first published in Just Havelaar, De Nederlandsche Landschapskunst tot het einde der zeventiende eeuw, Amsterdam, 1931: 38, as in the collection of Ed. Philips, and a label originally on the back of the painting (now in NGA curatorial files) reads "Eigendom van Mr. Ed. Philips."

[2]See correspondence between Cramer and Heuting in Cramer Gallery records, Getty Research Institute, Boxes 104-106 (copies NGA curatorial files).

Exhibition History
1994
Les Tentations de Bosch ou l'Éternel Retour, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal, 1994, no. 12, repro., as by De Momper the Younger.
1998
A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 40, as by De Momper the Younger.
2003
Montagna. Arte, scienza, mito da Dürer a Warhol, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, 2003-2004, unnumbered catalogue, repro., as by De Momper the Youner.
Bibliography
1931
Havelaar, J. De Nederlandsche Landschapskunst tot het einde der Zeventiende Eeuw. Amsterdam, 1931: repro., as by De Momper.
1973
Stechow, Wolfgang. "An Early Landscape by David Teniers." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin XXXI, no. 1 (1973-1974): 22, repro., as by De Momper.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 238, repro., as by De Momper.
1982
Klinge, Margret. Adriaen Brouwer, David Teniers the Younger. Exh. cat. Noortman and Brod, New York and Maastricht. Bradford and London, 1982: 22.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 295, no. 388, color repro., as by De Momper.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 276, repro., as by De Momper.
1986
Ertz, Klaus. Josse de Momper der Jüngere (1564-1635): Die Gemälde mit Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog. Freren, 1986: 410, no. 518, repro., 653-654, cat. A 213.
1991
Klinge, Margret. David Teniers the Younger: Paintings, Drawings Exh. cat. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Antwerp, 1991: 19-20, repro.
1997
Gifford, Melanie E. "Style and Technique in the Evolution of Naturalism: North Netherlandish Landscape Painting in the Early Seventeenth Century." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, 1997: 85-87, 307, repro., as by De Momper or Teniers.
2005
Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 232-236, color repro.
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