A.J. Brown, Park Road, Banstead, Surrey; Christie's, 25th April 1938, as 'Bosch' (sold, 2.2 gns. - Daniël Hendrik Cevat (1913–90), Worthing, by 1968. Auctioned by Christies Amsterdam on November 7, 2001 lot 45 as a painting from the school of Jheronimus Bosch and by Christies London on April 19. 2002 Lot 218 From the circle Pieter Huys. On 5 July 2018 lot 142 auctioned at Sotheby's London circle Jan Bruegel The Younger.
Literature:
K. Bauch, Der frühe Rembrandt und seine Zeit: Studien zur geschichtlichen Bedeutung seines Frühstils, Berlin 1960, pp. 47 and 253, note 28, reproduced fig. 29 (as Jacob van Swanenburgh); M.L. Wurfbain and B. Haak, Rondom Rembrandt: De verzameling Daan Cevat, exh. cat., Leiden 1968, pp. 30–31, cat. no. 45, reproduced (as Jacob van Swanenburgh).
