(Presumably) Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry and 4th Earl of Bristol (1730-1803), Downhill, Co. Antrim, and by inheritance at Downhill through his kinsman,. Sir Henry Hervey Aston Bruce, 1st Bt. of Downhill (d. 1822), to his son,. Sir Henry James Bruce, 2nd Bt. (1788-1836), and to the latter's son,. Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Bt. (1820-1909)
Anonymous sale [Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Bt., 'Sixteen Capital Dutch Pictures of a Baronet']
Christie's, London, 30 June 1849, lot 89, 'An Italian landscape -- the companion to the preceding picture: representing also a rocky and woody scene, animated and enlivened by a party of peasants with mules, who are passing through the centre of the landscape by a light an elegant group of trees -- the scene glows with the lustre of a sunny day' (300 gns. to Rutley). Hon. Philip Pierrepoint
(+), Christie's, London, 1 March 1873, lot 94 (400 gns. to the following),. William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, Dudley House, Park Lane
Christie's, London, 3 May 1884, lot 81 (unsold)
and by inheritance to the present owner.