Nicolaes Maes

M. Valentin-Roussel, Roubaix, France;

His sale (The Collection of M. Valentin-Roussel of Roubaix"), Brussels, J. & A. Le Roy, 14 June 1899, lot 19;

With G. Le Roy, Brussels, 1941;

Porges collection, Prague (according to the below auction catalogue);

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 28 July 1950, lot 161;

Anonymous sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 3 November 1950, lot 66;

Hans Frohlich, Zurich;

His sale ("A Swiss Private Collection Sold by Order of Hans Frohlich"), New York, Kende Galleries, 3-4 October 1951, lot 10; 

Thereafter acquired by the present collector.

We are grateful to Dr. León Krempel for endorsing the attribution to Nicolaes Maes on the basis of a digital photograph and for suggesting a date of circa 1680.