
Inscribed and dated on the verso, by the artist, in brown ink, "London / 1686. 5 ["5" in superscript] 29" ["29" in subscript, below the superscript].
Watermark: Lion within a shield (Heawood 3144).
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 220.
There is another version of the same composition in the Teyler Museum, Haarlem.
Adams, George B., Jr., donor.
Greenway, Lauder, donor.
Heinemann, Lore, donor.
Johnson, Carter, Mrs., donor.
Kramarsky, Siegfried, Mrs., donor.
Noble, Thomas A., donor.
Steiner, John, 1903- donor.
Steiner, Julie A., donor.
Rudolf, C. R. (C. Robert), former owner.
Nathan of Churt, Lord, former owner.