Provenance: Maria Louise of Hessen-Kassel, Princess of Orange, Leeuwarden, until 1731; Prince William IV, Leeuwarden, 1731-1751 (inventoried in the Prince’s bedroom at Leeuwarden palace in 1731); Prince William V, Leeuwarden and The Hague, 1751-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum central des arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis in 1822; on loan to the Dutch Embassy, Madrid, through the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, 1961-1976; exhibited in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, since 1977