Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878) (in whose company it was painted);
Thence by descent to his son, Karl Daubigny (1846-1886);
With Karl Daubigny"s widow until 1893, according to her inscription on the reverse;
From whom acquired by Atherton M. Curtis (1863-1943), New York (according to an inscription on the reverse by Daubigny"s widow); 1
With Reid & Lefevre, London, by 1950;
From whom purchased that year by Albert D. Lasker (1880-1952); 2
Thence by descent to his widow, Mary Lasker (1900-1994); 3
With Marlborough Fine Art, London;
From whom presumably purchased by the late owner.
1 Curtis was a American art collector and writer, who began collecting at an early age; he settled in Paris by 1900.
2 Lasker was an American advertising executive, whose agency Lord & Thomas, shaped twentieth-century advertising in America.
3 Mary Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who founded the Lasker Foundation; she was married to Lasker from 1940 until his death in 1952.