Collection of the artist;{According to the catalogue for the sale of the collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, introduction.} his niece, Rosine Becquérel-Despréaux, née Girodet de Roussy;{According to the catalogue for the sale of the collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, introduction.} her daughter, Rosa Filleul, née Becquérel-Despréaux; her widower, Edmond Filleul (1818-1907);{According to the catalogue for the sale of the collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, introduction.} …; Commandant Filleul [? Edmond Filleul's grandson Maurice Filleul (1886-1970)], 1936;{Paris 1936, p. 183, no. 322.} collection Filleul, Montargis, 1978;{Levitine 1978, p. 310, note 1.}…; ? by descent through the families Filleul and Peyriague;{According to the catalogue for the sale of the collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, introduction.} sale, collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, no. 27, frs. 1,443,000;{Copy RMA.}…; the dealer Stair Sainty Matthiesen, 1991;{Note RMA.} …; from the dealer Richard L. Feigen, New York, $ 375,000, to the museum, with support from the Grote Sponsorloterij, 1998
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