1765
30.5 x 18 cm (12 x 7 1/16 in.)
The artist’s estate; his estate sale, Paris, 17 April 1807, lot 22; Chevalier Richard de Lédans, Paris; his sale, 3 November 1816; Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris; his sale, 18 July 1831, part of lot 304, sold; to John Duff, bequest; to Duff family, by descent; sale, Christie’s, London, 15 December 1992, lot 182; Galerie Terrades, Paris, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011, 2011.32
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