Provenance: the artist, Paris (1866–72; sold in January 1872 for Fr 1,500 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1872–77, stock no. 958; sold for Fr 2,000 or 2,500 to Hoschedé]; Ernest Hoschedé, Paris (1877–78; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 6, 1878, no. 44, as "Femme au Perroquet," for Fr 700 to Hecht); Henri Hecht, Paris (from 1878); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, until 1881; sold to J. Alden Weir for Davis]; Erwin Davis, New York (1881–89; sale, Ortgies, New York, March 19–20, 1889, no. 99, as "Feeding the Parrot," for $1,350, bought in)