Provenance: Possibly the group sold by the merchant Simon-Philippe Poirier to Jeanne Becu, comtesse du Barry, March 23, 1770 (Wildenstein 1962, p. 373); possibly the same inventoried in the dining room of the pavillion of the Chatreau de Louveciennes in 1772 and 1774; Revolutionary confiscation (?); private collection Jacques Petit-Hory in Levallios-Perret (outside Paris) and Marc Bauraud, Paris, granted export permit in 1979; acquired by the DIA., Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund
Physical Dimensions: w19 x h38.25 x d16.94 in (without pedestal)