Painted by the artist for Abraham M. Cozzens [1811-1868], New York;[1] (his estate sale, Clinton Hall Art Galleries, New York, 22 May 1868, no. 25, as _The Andes_); Withers,[2] possibly buying for William Wilson Corcoran [1798-1888], Washington; gift 10 May 1869 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] In a letter the artist wrote to Corcoran director William Macleod, dated 27 December 1873, Church writes: "The tropical scene which I [Church] painted for Mr. Cozzens was the first South American picture I ever painted and of course was painted many years ago -- in fact an early effort. It was a composition characteristic of Magdalena River scenery in New Granada. I trust that there is something better from my hand to represent me in the Corcoran Gallery." Corcoran Gallery of Art Archives, Special Collections Research Center, George Washington University Libraries, Washington, DC: COR RG 2.0, Director's records; Series 1, MacLeod, Barbarin and McGuire records, 1869-1915; letter 157. [2] A copy of the sale catalogue at the Getty Research Institute is annotated with this buyer's name; copy in NGA curatorial files. He was possibly buying for William W. Corcoran, as Corcoran Gallery of Art records indicate Corcoran purchased the painting from "the collection of the late A. Cozzens;" see NGA curatorial files.