Gottfried Wals

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 14 February 1964, lot 166 (as 'Tassi'), for 25 guineas to Agnew;

With Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London (as Italian School);

From whom acquired by Michael Jaffé (1923–1997), London, Cambridge and Somerset, April 1964;

Thence by descent;

Anonymous sale, Cirencester, Dominic Winter, 13 March 2024, lot 7 (as manner of Agostini Buonamici Tassi);

Where acquired.

London, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., Small Pictures For Small Rooms: A Collection of Cabinet Pictures by Old Masters Ranging from the 15th to the 19th Centuries, 7 April – 9 May 1964, no. 21 (as Italian School, late 17th century).

We are grateful to Dr Anke Repp-Eckert for endorsing the attribution to Gottfried Wals on the basis of digital images.