Provenance: Estate of the painter, Leiden; his sale, Leiden, 13 April 1772 (Lugt 2022), no. 61 (461 guilders); Jaques Bergeon, The Hague; his sale, The Hague, 4 November 1789 (Lugt 4484), no. 29; J. van Eyck Gallery, 1829; purchased, 1829 (300 guilders); on long-term loan to Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (inv. no. B 579), since 1922; this loan proceeded via the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage until 2013