Possibly from the estate of Jacques de Gheyn III and acquired from his cousin and heir, Nicolaes den Otter (?-?), Amsterdam, by Joannes Wtenbogaert (1608-1680), Amsterdam; by descent to Jan van Gheel (1667 - 1757) and Jacob van Gheel (1670 - 1721), Amsterdam; ? sale Jacob van Gheel, Amsterdam (J. P. Zomer), 22 January 1722; ? collection Jan Pietersz Zomer (1641-1724), Amsterdam; his sale Amsterdam (J. van Zutphen & G. Hol), 5 April 1725;...; ? Dutch private collection; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam;{C. van Hasselt and M. van Berge-Gerbaud, _Le Héraut du dix-septième siècle. Dessins et gravures de Jacques de Gheyn II et III de la Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt_, exh. cat. Paris, Institut Néerlandais / Fondation Custodia, Paris 1985, under no 13; K.G. Boon, _The Netherlandish and German drawings of the XVth and XVIth centuries of the Frits Lugt collection_, coll. cat. Paris (Fondation Custodia) 1992, under no. 84.} Frits Lugt (1884-1970), Paris; by whom gifted to the museum (L. 2228), 1957
