Philips Wouwerman

Possibly Earl of Ashburnham, London, by 1842;

Charles A. Bredel (1792–1851), London;

Thence by descent to his daughter, Miss Bredel, London;

By whom sold ("Sold by order of the Executor of Miss Bredel, Deceased, late of Eaton Square"), London, Christie’s, 1 May 1875, lot 134;

Where acquired by Rutler for 600 gns.;

François Nieuwenhuys (d. 1880);

His estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 April 1881, lot 28;

M. de Saint-Albin, Paris;

Comte Arthur de Vogüé, Paris;

His sale, Paris, 11 April 1895;

Where acquired by Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris;

From whom acquired by M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1898;

From whom acquired by Matthew Charles Durfee Borden (1842-1912), New York, April 1900;

His estate sale, New York, American Art Association, 13 - 14 February 1913, lot 17;

Where acquired by Dr. Paul Mersch for $2,500;

With Galerie Van Diemen & Co., Amsterdam and The Hague, circa 1924/1925;

Leo van den Bergh, Wassenaar;

By whom sold ("Collection L. van den Bergh"), Amsterdam, Graupe & S.J. Mak van Waay, 5 November 1935, lot 31;

Where acquired by Bas de Geus van den Heuvel (1886-1976), Amsterdam and Nieuwersluis;

His estate sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 26 April 1976, lot 85;

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 30 November 1981, lot 117;

Where acquired by a private collector, Germany;

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2001, lot 167;

Where acquired.

London, British Institution, 1853 (lent by Miss Bredel);

Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, Schilderijen der Nederlandse- en Franse School uit de verzameling van B. de Geus van den Heuvel, 1951/1952, no. 66;

Bolsward, Stadhuis, Het dier in de beeldende kunst, 1953, no. 160;

Arnhem, Gemeente Museum, Collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel te Nieuwersluis, December 1960 - February 1961, no. 83.

Possibly J. Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters..., London 1842, p. 197, cat. no. 170 (in the collection of the Earl of Ashburnham, Battle.);

G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London 1854, vol. II, p. 291 (in the collection of the late Charles Bredel, Esq.);

Illustrated catalogue of 300 paintings by old masters...which have at various times formed part of the Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris 1898, pp. 250-251, cat. no. 229, reproduced;

C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Rminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, vol. II, London 1909, p. 190, cat. no. 112;

W.R. Valentiner and A.F. Jaccaci, Old and Modern Masters in the Collection of M.C.D. Borden, New York 1911, vol. I, p. 61, cat. no. 12, reproduced;

B. Schumacher, Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668): The Horse Painter of the Golden Age, Doornspijk 2006, vol. I, p. 197, cat. no. A73; vol. II, reproduced pl. 70.