Adriaen van Ostade

William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757–1844), Lowther Castle, Westmorland, by 1842;

By descent to Hugo Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857–1944), Lowther Castle;

By whom sold, London, Christie's, 2 July 1937, lot 19, for 260 guineas, to G. van den Heuvel;

B. de Geus van den Heuvel, Nieuwersluis, by 1960;

His sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Maak van Way, 26 April 1976, lot 48;

With Galerie J. Kraus, Paris, by October 1976;

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 4 July 1986, lot 19;

Dr Hinrich Bischoff (1936–2005);

Thence by descent.

Amsterdam, International Cultureel Centrum, 1950–51;

Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, Collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel te Nieuwersluis, 11 December 1960 – 26 February 1961, no. 48;

Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, on long-term loan, until 2025 (inv. no. Dep. 568).

J. Smith, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, London 1842, vol. IX, p. 97, no. 56;

G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London 1854, vol. III, p. 263 ('of great humour, and of masterly execution in his somewhat cool and reddish tones');

C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, London 1910, vol. III, p. 227, no. 286;

Collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel te Nieuwersluis, exh. cat., Arnhem 1960, p. 42, no. 48;

'Vita contemplativa statt Vita activa', in Baroque: das Magazin für Barockes, no. 1, 2018 p. 44, reproduced in colour.