Provenance:
By a series of indirect inheritances to Comte Olivier de la Ferrière, his sale, 1969; Acquired by the Putnam Foundation, 1971 [1]
Provenance Notes:
[1] Inscribed on the lining of the canvas on the reverse, evidently copying an inscription on the back of the original canvas, is the following legend: peint par / N. de Largillière. / .1729 / barthelmis.jean.claude.pupil. / chevalier.premier president. / de.la.cour.des monnoyes. / lieutenant.general.de.la. / senchausse. de Lyon