Jean-Antoine Watteau

William Mayor (d. 1874), London (L.2799);

possibly sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 6 November 1964, lot 103 (as Attributed to Watteau);

catalogue entry from another unidentified French sale, lot 105, pasted to reverse of frame (as Watteau);

Alice Tully (1902-1993), New York,

by whose Estate sold, New York, Christie's, 12 January 1995, lot 84,

where acquired by Diane A. Nixon

A Brief Chronological Description of a collection of original Drawings and Sketches by the Old Masters formed by the Late Mr. William Mayor, London 1875, no. 553;

P. Rosenberg & L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721: Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996, vol. 1, pp. 226-7, no. 141, vol. 3, p. 1154, under no. R 16