Provenance: Gottfried Winkler, Leipzig, by 1768, no. 188 (in his catalogue of 1768 as A. van Ostade); Johan Gualtherus van der Poort van Oostcapelle, Middelburg, before 1784; his widow Johanna Susanna van Mandere, 1784-1793, no. 7 (in her inventory of 1793 as I. van Ostade); her heir jonkheer Johan Steengracht van Oostcapelle, The Hague, 1793-1846; acquired at a family auction by his second son, jonkheer Hendrik Steengracht van Oostcapelle, The Hague, 1846-1875; by inheritance to his nephew, Hendricus Adolphus Steengracht van Duivenvoorde, The Hague and Voorschoten, 1875-1912; his sale Paris (Georges Petit), 9 June 1913, no. 56 (as I. van Ostade, for 26,000 francs to the Rembrandt Association); acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association, 1913 (as I. van Ostade); on long-term loan to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (inv. no. Os 57-2), since 1956; this loan proceeded via the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage until 2013