David Teniers the Younger

Count Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710–1792), Copenhagen, by 1780 (according N. Hoyen, 1841);

Thence by descent to his son, Count Joachim Godske Moltke (1746–1818), Copenhagen;

Thence by descent to his son, Count Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864), Copenhagen;

Thence by descent to his son, Count Frederik Georg Julius Moltke (1825–1875), Copenhagen;

Thence by descent to his son, Count Frederik Christian Moltke (1854–1936), Copenhagen, by 1885;

His sale, Copenhagen, W. Winkel and Magnussen, 1–2 June 1931, lot 125, to 'Mr. Smith' on behalf of Carl Salomonsen;

Probably thence by descent in the family;

By whom probably anonymously sold, London, Christie's 14 May 1965, lot 89, to Dewitt;

With Johnny van Haeften, London, by circa 1990;

From whom acquired.

N.L. Hoyen, Fortegnelse ober der Moltkeske Maleriesamling, Copenhagen 1841, no. 16;

Catalogue des tableaux de la collection du comte de Moltke, Copenhagen 1885, pp. 4, 13–14, no. 16;

N. Hoyen and K. Madsen, Fortegnelse over den Moltkeske Malerisamling, Copenhagen 1900, no. 16;

A. von Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon, Vienna and Leipzig 1910, vol. II, p. 696;

A. Fugl, 'Den Moltkeske Malerisamling', in Samleren, no. 4, April 1931, p. 55, reproduced p. 51;

J. De Maere and M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionary of 17^th Century Flemish Painters, Brussels 1994, vol. III, pp. 1075 and 1154;

M. Klinge and D. Lüdke, David Teniers der Jüngere 1610–1690: Alltag und Vergnügen in Flandern, exh. cat., Heidelberg 2005, pp. 310–311, no. 102, reproduced.

Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, David Teniers der Jüngere 1610–1690: Alltag und Vergnügen in Flandern, 5 November 2005 – 19 February 2006, no. 102.