Senator Symphor Casimir Joseph Boittelle (1813–97);
His sale, Paris, Pillet, 24 April 1866, lot 6, where acquired by
M. Mason;
His sale, Paris, Pillet, 1 February 1875, lot 3, to M. Borel;
With Arnold, André and Jacques Seligmann, Paris;
Seized from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) and transferred to the German Embassy, Paris in August 1940;
Transferred to the Louvre in November 1940;
Transferred for restoration to the Buxheim Charterhouse, Bavaria on 14 December 1944;
Repatriated to France on 4 March 1946 and subsequently restituted to the Seligmann family on 8 May 1946;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Rheims, 23 May 1951, lot 19;
Acquired by Antenor Patiño (1896–1982), for his house in Avenue Foch, Paris;
Thence by descent, until sold anonymously ('The Property from a Mid-Western Estate'), New York, Christie's, 22 May 1998, lot 131;
Private European collection.