(Probably) M. Fraula, Brussels, when seen by J. Richardson, before 1722.(Probably) M. le chevalier de La Roque, Paris; (†) his sale, Paris, Charles Nicolas Cochin, April 1745, lot 78, ‘Un très-beau Tableau peint sur toile par Carlo-Maratti, de quarante-neuf pouces de large, sur trente-six de haut, don’t le sujet est fort gracieux. Il represent Alphée & Arethuse. Sa bordure est de bois uni-doré, & d’un pouce de largeur’.(Probably) London, Great Room, 125 Pall Mall, selling exhibition, 8 April-end of May 1788, no. 350.(Probably) The Rt. Hon Charles Alexander de Calonne; Skinner and Dyck, London, 25 March 1795 (=1st day), lot 69, as C. Marratt [sic.], Alpheus and Arethusa’ (8 gns.).(Probably) Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 16 November 1798, lot 70 (3 gns.).(Probably) Richard Hulse, Blackheath; his sale (†),
Christie’s, London, 22 March 1806 (=2nd day), lot 25, as C. Maratti, ‘an elegant Composition, painted in an agreeable Tone of Colour’ (6 gns.).Henry Holman Drake (according to an old label on the reverse).Joseph Cremer (1845-1938), Dortmund, and by descent until sold, Anonymous sale [Property from a European
Private Collection];
Sotheby’s, London, 4 December 2008, lot 247, as Bolognese School, circa 1680.