Provenance: William Henry Forester Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough (sale London, Christie's, 7 July 1888, lot 82, to Colnaghi's); Colnaghi's, London, 1888; Charles Henry Mills, 2nd Baronet of Hillingdon and as of 1886 1st Baron Hillingdon, London; passed down in the family via Charles William Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon; Arthur Robert Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon; Charles Hedworth Mills, 4th Baron Hillingdon (sale London, Christie's, 29 June 1979, lot 86, to Hans Cramer for Sonne); Sonne Collection, Germany, 1979-1987; private collection, Germany, 1987; acquired with the support of the BankGiro Loterij, the Mondriaan Foundation, the National Art Collections Fund, the bequest of Mrs A.C. van Agtmaal, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the VSB Fund Foundation, the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation,the Rembrandt Association (with support from the bequest of Mr and Mrs Kamerbeek-Walenkamp) and the SNS-Reaal Fund, 2007