Georges-Alexander Goubau, d. 1760/1, Antwerp;
acquired from his heirs for Sir James Lowther, later Earl of Lonsdale, 1763 (according to Mariette this was in May 1764, and both Louis XV of France, in 1746, and before him the Duke of Marlborough had vainly attempted to acquire the painting);
by descent to 7^th Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle;
acquired from the Lonsdale Estates, 1984.

Smith 1842, no. 125;
Mariette, vol. 2, pp. 194-5;
Waagen 1854, vol. 3, p. 261;
Guiffrey 1882, p. 255, no. 291A;
Cust 1900, p. 252, no. 107A;
Glück 1931, p. 547, n. 259;
The National Gallery Report 1982-1984, London 1985, pp. 34-5;
London 1985, pp. 34-5;
Larsen 1988, no. A160/3;
National Gallery London 1999, pp. 63-6 (A. Roy);
Barnes, De Poorter, Millar, Vey 2004, p. 298, no. III. 64 (H. Vey);
Davies 2021a, p. 59.