Provenance: Gift from the artist to the sitter's grandmother (the artist's mother-in-law), Sylvie-Marie-Thérèse Monnom-Descamps [1836-1921], Brussels;[1] gift to her granddaughter, the sitter, Mme Georges Béart [1883-1956, née Denise Maréchal], Rixensart, Belgium; gift to Raymond [d. 1998] and Manette (Maria) [d. 1991] Counard-Cuypers, Rixensart; gift to the Stofkooper collection, Brussels; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 2015, no. 507); (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased November 2019 by NGA.
[1] This provenance comes from the catalogue of the 2015 Sotheby's sale and the prospectus provided by Jill Newhouse.