Adriaen van Ostade

Possibly Gerrit Braamcamp (1699–1771), Herengracht, Amsterdam;

Possibly his posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley, 31 July 1771, lot 160, for 33 florins;

Where possibly acquired by Peter Willemsz. Calkoen (d. 1780);

Possibly his posthumous sale, Amsterdam, 10 September 1781, lot 107, for 38 florins, to Trouquet (this and the previous lines possibly relating to the present painting and a pendant, Head of a woman);

Acquired by Dr Anton Philips (1874–1951), Eindhoven, in 1930;

Thence by descent;

Until sold, London, Christie’s, 6 December 2007, lot 1, £48,500;

Where acquired.

Possibly J. Smith, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, London 1829, vol. I, p. 119, no. 41 (together with pendant, Head of a woman; incorrectly identified as square in format);

Possibly C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, London 1910, vol. III, p. 412, no. 885b.