Henri Rouart [1833-1912], Paris; by inheritance to his son, Ernest Rouart [1874-1942], Paris;[1] (Galerie André Weil, Paris); sold March 1950 to Chester Dale [1883-1962]; bequest 1963 to NGA. [1] The picture is not mentioned in accounts of the Henri Rouart collection published on the occasion of the owner's death in 1912 (see Henri Frantz, "The Rouart Collection, III, the Works of Millet," _International Studio_ 50, no. 198 (August 1913): 97-107). Inherited by Henri's son Ernest, it was consigned at the latter's death to the Galerie André Weil in Paris from which Chester Dale bought it in 1950. Notes from this dealer, in NGA curatorial files, assert that the portrait was "painted at Rennes, France" and had been in the Rouart family for "nearly half a century. The family does not know exactly where it comes from before; but probably was bought like most pictures of this collection from some leading Paris Galleries of that period such as: George Petit or others" (letter from Andée Weil dated 14 April 1950).