Jan van Mieris

Friedrich Krupp Jr., Bonn;

His sale, Cologne, J.M. Heberle, 29-30 October 1894, lot 117 (as Frans van Mieris);

Marianne Hochuli (1922-2018), Houston;

By whose estate sold ("Estate of Marianne Hochuli, Houston, Texas"), New Orleans Auction Galleries, 29 July 2018, lot 693 (as Circle of Frans van Mieris);

Thereafter acquired by the present owner.

C.Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII Jahrhunderts, X, Stuttgart 1928, p. 16, cat. no. 58 (as Frans van Mieris);

O. Naumann, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Doornspijk 1981, vol. II, p. 131, cat. no. B11, reproduced fig. CB11 (included under the section of "problematic attributions,"; citing that the quality of the image prevents a secure decision);

M. Van der Hut, Jan van Mieris (1660-1690): His Life and Work, Zaandijk 2021, p. 76-77, cat. no. 22, reproduced (as Jan van Mieris).