Vauthrin, by 1855 until at least 1867.[1] Laurent-Richard; (Laurent-Richard sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23 May 1878, no. 6, as _Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir [vallée de la Loue, Doubs]_, 13,100 francs). E. Secrétan [d. 1899], Paris.[2] Etienne-François-Haro [1827-1897] and his son, Henri Haro [1855-1911], Paris; (their sale, Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris, 30-31 May 1892, no. 69, as _Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir_, probably bought in); sold 15 October 1897 by Haro to (Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris, stock no. 4447);[3] sold 19 October 1897 to Henry Osborn Havemeyer [1847-1907] and his wife, née Louisine Waldron Elder [1855-1929], New York;[4] by inheritance to their daughter, Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, née Adaline Havemeyer [1884-1963], Morristown, New Jersey; gift 1943 to NGA. [1] Lent to _Exposition universelle_, Paris, 1855, no. 2810, and to _Oeuvres de M.G. Courbet au Rond-Point de l'Alma_, Paris, 1867, no. 20. Vauthrin's name is spelled "Vauthrain" in the catalogue of 1855. [2] The painting was not included in the Secrétan sale at Christie's, London, on 13 July 1889. [3] Concerning Durand-Ruel's acquisition of the painting, see _Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection_, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993: 312. [4] Frances Weitzenhoffer, _The Creation of the Havemeyer Collection, 1875-1900_, Ph.D. diss., The City University of New York, 1982: 261-262. See also Frances Weitzenhoffer, _The Havemeyers: Impressionism comes to America_, New York, 1986: 117, which mentions the sale to the Havemeyers.