The complete painting:
Leonardus Bouman, his (deceased) sale et al., Leiden, Delfos, 24 August 1802, lot 53 (for 99 Florins)
Abraham Delfos et al., sale,The Hague, Bosboom, 10 June 1807, lot 21 (20 florins to Thomasse)
Abraham Delfos, his (deceased) sale, 17 May 1808, lot 5 (50 florins to Sluyter)
Left side:
Edward Solly (1776-1844), by 1820
Thence by descent to his brother Isaac Solly (1769-1853)
Thence by descent in the family until 1976
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 April 1985, lot 81 (for £54,000)
Right side:
Sir John James Stewart, 5th Bt. of Allanbank (1779-1849)
Stuart Johnson, 4 Eaton Place, London, 1916
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 1 April 1960, lot 67 (for £1,680)
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 16 July 1971, lot 87 (for 2,800 gns to Henderson)
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 12 December 1986, lot 46 (for £22,000).
The reunited painting:
The two halves were reunited in the late 1990s after which:
With J.M.B Guttmann, Los Angeles
Private collection, The Netherlands
Acquired from the above by the present owner.