William Bouguereau

Knoedler & Co., Paris (acquired directly from the artist, May 1891)
Knoedler & Co., New York, no. 7009 (acquired from the above, November 1891)
James John Haggerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado (acquired from the above, 1893)
Knoedler & Co., New York, no. C2122 (acquired 1895)
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York (acquired 1896)
Knoedler & Co., New York, no. C3356 (acquired 1906)
W.G. Oakman, New York (acquired 1906)
W.L. Winthrop (until 1912)
Knoedler & Co., New York, no. 12659 (acquired January 1912)
Daniel S. Miller (acquired 1913 and sold, his sale, Samuel Marx, New York, April 17-20, 1916, lot 1138, illustrated, as Before the Bath)
Samuel Stern (acquired at the above sale)
Mrs. Jeanne Kerbs (and thence by descent)
Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, October 28, 1986, lot 87, illustrated
William Waugh (acquired at the above sale)
Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, May 22, 1991, lot 59, illustrated
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Braun & Clément, Oeuvres choisies des maîtres anciens et moderns, n.d., n.p., no. 3786, illustrated
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 157
Charles Franquet de Franqueville, Le Premier siècle de l’Institut, Paris, 1895, p. 370
Mark Steven Walker, "William Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings," William Adolphe Bouguereau, L’Art Pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 73
Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, p. 275, no. 1891/10, illustrated p. 274; and in the revised 2014 edition, p. 275, no. 1891/10, illustrated p. 274