Provenienz
1Mattheus vanden Broucke Chong, pp. 308, 574, no. 61.
2Elisabeth Francken by 1729 Widow of the above, Chong, no. 61.
3Margarita vander Burch Chong, no. 61.
4George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax by 1770 until [d.] 1771 Chong, no. 61.
5The estate of the 2nd Earl of Halifax 1771–1782 Sale Earl of Halifax, Christie’s London, 19–20 April 1782, no. 67.
6William Nisbet 1782–1802 Acquired at the above sale, on 20 April 1782, for £ 63, Chong no. 61; E-mail message from Christie’s London, to Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, 14 January 2008, confirming that the painting was bought at the second day of the sale by W. Nisbet; The Catalogue of the Capital Collection of Uncommonly Choice Paintings, The Genuine Property of a Gentleman […], (sale cat.) Peter Coxe, Burrell & Foster, London (25 May 1802), no. 69.
7Comyns 1802 Bought at the above sale for £ 79.16, Chong no. 61.
8Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart Ham House • Richmond • by 1820 Chong no. 61.
9Sir Lyonel Tollemache, 4th Baronet Ham House • Richmond • until [d.] 1952 By descent; for the various inventories at Ham House Chong, p. 310, n. 1; (Mrs.) Charles Roundell, Ham House, Its History and Art Treasures, London 1904, vol. 2, p. 105.
10The estate of Sir Lyonel Tollemache 1952–1953 Catalogue of Old Pictures and Drawings from Various Sources, (sale cat.) Christie’s, London (19 June 1953), no. 42.
11Edward Speelman and Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. London • 1953–1954 Sold for 25 guineas at the above sale, Chong no. 61; according to an information given by Mr. Anthony Speelman, London, son of Edward Speelman, to Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, 8 January 2010, the painting was acquired jointly by Speelman and Marlborough; an ownership of Edward Speelman prior to the sale to Emil Bührle was confirmed by Marlborough International Fine Art on 24 August 2012.
12Emil Bührle Zurich • 23 January 1954 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., with two paintings by Vlaminck and Vuillard (none of them in the Emil Bührle Collection today), for a total amount of CHF 254.100, AStEGB, Letter from Trafo, Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz [Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London], signed by F. K. Lloyd, to Dr. O. Maurer [Secretary General of Oerlikon Bührle & Co.], Zurich, 18 January 1954, accompanying Invoice from Trafo, Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz, made out to Emil Bührle, 18 January 1954, for the sum of CHF 254.100; Payment order, made by Emil Bührle, 22 January 1954, to Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zurich, for the sum of CHF 254.100 to be transferred to Trafo, Vaduz, and Confirmation of payment from Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zürich, executed on 23 January 1954.
13Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 149.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich