Physical Dimensions: overall: 95.2 x 74.8 cm (37 1/2 x 29 7/16 in.)
framed: 126 x 106 cm (49 5/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
Provenance: The sitter, Théodore Duret [1838-1937], Paris; (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1 March 1928, no.47); (Jos Hessel, Paris); sold to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts, Algiers, who shortly returned it to Hessel; sold 19 December 1928 to (Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London); sold 11 February 1929 to Étienne Bignou, Paris; sold 22 November 1929 to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York;[2] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Reid & Lefèvre, Paintings Sold, sheet no. 145, #278/28 gives acquisition source and sale information (Lefèvre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, London, TGA 2002/11, Box 283; copy in NGA curatorial files).
[2] Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial files.