The artist [1796-1875]; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 May 1875, no. 134); purchased by (Hector Brame, Paris). Jules Paton, Paris;[1] (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 April 1883, no. 35); purchased by (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris), in whose possession it remained until at least 1889.[2] Duz.[3] Van den Eynde.[4] (Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris); sold 1892 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[5] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] Alfred Robaut, _L'oeuvre de Corot_, Paris, 1905: III: 112, no. 1558. [2] Annotated copy of Paton sale catalogue in M. Knoedler library. Lent by Bernheim-Jeune to _Exposition centennale de l'art français, Exposition universelle_, Paris, 1889, no. 163. [3] According to notes by Edith Standen, in NGA curatorial files. [4] According to notes by Edith Standen, in NGA curatorial files. [5] According to notes by Edith Standen, in NGA curatorial files, and repeated in the Widener collection catalogues of 1915 and 1923.