John W. Simpson [1850-1920], New York.[1] Possibly sold 1908 by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York, in whose collection the painting was by 1941;[2] bequest 1949 to NGA. [1] According to Gallatin. This may also be the same Cazin, "The Windmill," sold to Gallatin December 1908, having been returned to Knoedler's from an A.W. Smith. [2] The painting was part of the Gallatin collection in 1941 when the collection was initially offered to the National Gallery of Art, and accepted on an "if and when" basis; see NGA curatorial files.