Adolf Bäuerle, Vienna; his sale, Vienna, 17 January 1876, lot 7, as ‘Brueghel and van Balen’.
Dr. Norbert and Serafine Klinger, Vienna; forcibly sold following the Anschluss, after March 1938, to Pieter Jahn; Lempertz, Cologne, 7-9 May 1941, lot 156.
Private collection, Vienna.
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 12 March 1998, lot 96 (ATS 1,500,000).
with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1998.
Private collection, California.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 12 December 2001, lot 16.
with Johnny van Haeften, London, when acquired by present owner in 2003.
Restituted to the heirs of Dr. Norbert and Serafine Klinger, 2016.
The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the heirs of Dr Norbert and Serafine Klinger. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.