Purchased circa 1895 from the artist by Charles A. Walker [d. 1920], Boston; his son, M. Leon Walker, Lexington, Massachusetts, from 1920;[1] (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 24 May 1940, no. 120); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[2] bequest 1963 to NGA. [1] Letter of 6 June 1940 from Leon Walker to Mary Bullard, Chester Dale's secretary (in NGA curatorial files), states that the picture was purchased by his father around 1895 and that he received it following his father's death in 1920. [2] Letter of 28 May 1940 from Mary Bullard to Leon Walker (in NGA curatorial files).