Probably Prince Petr Soltykoff [c. 1801-1889], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 April-1 May 1861, no. 74);[1] Ayers, Paris, 1861-?;[2] Alessandro Castellani [1823-1883], Rome; (sale, H. Hoffmann and Charles Mannheim, Rome, 17 March-10 April 1884, part 2, no. 618); Count Ferdinand de Lasteyrie, by 1890;[3] John Edward Taylor, London; (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1-4 and 9-10 July 1912, 1st day, no. 65); (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 1914 by Peter A.B. Widener or Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] Gauthier, Marie-Madeleine, "Colombe limousine prise aux rêts d'un 'antiquaire' bénédiction à Saint-Germain-des Près, vers 1726," _Intuition und Kunstwissenschaft. Festschrift für Hanns Swarzenski_, Berlin, 1973: 187, n. 14. Both the Washington dove and a dove in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, were in the Soltykoff sale in 1861 with the numbers 74 and 75, respectively, similarly described. [2] Gauthier 1973, 187, without dates or first name. [3] Rupin, Ernest, _L'oeuvre de Limoges_, Paris, 1890: 228. Braun, Joseph, _Der Chrisliche Altar_, 2 vols., Munich, 1924: 2:610, 615.