After Sir Joshua Reynolds

With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London;
By whom (anonymously) sold, London, Christie's, 22 June 1872, lot 157, to Solomon;
From whom purchased by Harry Graves & Co.;
From whom purchased by Howard & Co., 1889;
D.F. Appleton, New York;
S.P. Avery Jr.;
From whom purchased by Jacob Schiff, 1893;
By whom given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1893;
By whom sold, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 27 March 1956, lot 39 (as after Reynolds);
There purchased by L.W. Frolich.

A. Graves and W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, vol. II, London 1899-1901, p. 452 (as a replica).
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, vol. Text, no. 863a, New Haven 2000, p. 248 (as a copy).

The canvas is lined. The surface of the work is in good condition. There is defined craquelure. Under UV; heavy masking varnish.
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