Provenance: Collection of the artist; purchased 1905 by Franklin MacVeagh [1837-1934], Chicago;[1] probably by inheritance to his son, Eames MacVeagh [1871-1948], Chicago; purchased 1942 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] The artist's Income Account Journal, 1896-1908, entry for 9 November 1905 (Papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Manuscript ML-4, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire).