Attributed to William de Morgan (1838-1917) and Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919)

By descent through the de Morgan family until 1978
Sale: Sotheby's, Belgravia, 18 April 1978, lot 53 (as The Angel of Death by Evelyn de Morgan)
Sale: Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, 28 October 1982, lot 75
Sale: Christie's, London, 25 October 1991, lot 55 (as The Angel with the Serpent by Evelyn de Morgan)
Mr Carl Laszlo, Basel
Private collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 13 July 2017, lot 21, (as The Angel with the Serpent by Evelyn de Morgan)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner 

Catherine Gordon (ed.), Evelyn de Morgan - Oil Paintings, 1996, p. 15, cat. 1, pl. 1, illustrated