Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Sir William Cuthbert Quilter, 1^st Baronet (1841-1911), of 74 South Audley Street, London

Sold by his executors, Christie’s, London, 22 June 1923, lot 143, as The Pot of Ointment

D.S. Chidell (sale: Sotheby’s, London, 23 November 1967, lot 82, as The Pot of Ointment – Study for The Loving Cup)

Purchased at the above sale by David Crewe-Read (sale: Sotheby’s, Belgravia, 1 October 1979, lot 4, unsold)

Private collection, UK

Virginia Surtees, The Paintings and Drawings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828-1882, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1971, Vol. I, p. 115, cat.no. 201B