Provenance
Professor
Simon Causid (1729-1793), Kassel
Thence
by inheritance to Mr. Brück, Kassel
From
whom acquired by an anonymous owner, 1860
Their
sale ("Sammlung Professor Causid-Brück, Kassel"),
Frankfurt, Rudolf Bangel, 10
February 1914, lot 31
With
Alexander Haas, Frankfurt
From
whom acquired by a private collector, Germany, 1936
By
whom sold ("Collection of a South German Industrialist"), Cologne,
Van Ham, 17
November 2017, lot 1468, where acquired by
Ambassador
J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island (1924-2025); sold from his estate
Anonymous
sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 5 February 2026, lot 317
Literature
G.S. Keyes, Esaias van den Velde, 1587-1630, Doornspijk1984,p. 146, cat. no. 97, reproduced pl. 424.