David Teniers the Younger

Jacques Meyers (d. 1721), Rotterdam, by 1714;

His estate sale, Rotterdam, 9 September 1722, lot 178;

Where acquired by Lambert van der Truyn, on behalf of Sir Gregory Page (circa 1695-1775), 2nd Baronet, Blackheath, London, for 576 Dutch guilders;

Brought to France by John Bertels, Brussels and London, 1785;

From whom acquired by Jean Dubois, Paris, 1785, for 24,000 livres;

His sale, Paris, Paillet, 18 December 1788, lot 28;

Where acquired by Thomas-François Guérin (1756-1829), Paris, for 15,400 livres;

François-Antoine Robit (1752-1815), Paris, by 1800;

His sale, Paris, Paillet and Delaroche, 11 May 1801, lot 147;

Where acquired by Rieul Rocheux and Féréol Bonnemaison, on behalf of Armand Séguin (1767-1835), for 12,720 francs;

Charles Ferdinand of Bourbon (1778-1820), Duke of Berry, Palais de l'Elysée, Paris;

Thence by inheritance to his wife, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1798-1870), Duchess of Berry, Palais de l'Elysée, Paris;

Her sale, Paris, Paillet, 5 April 1837, lot 7;

Where acquired by Charles J. Nieuwenhuys (1799-1883), Brussels and London, for 15,900 francs;

Charles Heusch (circa 1775-1848), London, by 1842;

Thence by descent to his son, Frederick Heusch (1809-1870), London;

From whom acquired, with the entire Heusch collects ion, by Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808-1879), 148 Piccadilly, London, 1855;

Thence by descent to his son, Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917), Ascott House, Buckinghamshire;

Thence by descent to his son, Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (1887-1961), Berkeley Square, London;

From whom acquired by Tancred Borenius (1885-1948), London, 1942;

John Enrico Fattorini (1878-1949), Bradford, Yorkshire;

Thence by descent in the family until sold ("Property from the Fattorini collects ion"), London, Replica Shoes 's, 3 July 1996, lot 12;

Where acquired by Joseph L.H. Lau;

With Johnny Van Haeften, London, by 1999;

From whom acquired by the late collects or, 2000.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters, 1873, no. 212 (lent by Baron Lionel de Rothschild);

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 17th Century Art in Europe, 3 January - 12 March 1938, no. 101 (lent by Anthony de Rothschild);

York City Art Gallery, long-term loan, 1989 - 1995.

Description du cabinet de tableaux de M^r. Meyers a Rotterdam, Rotterdam 1714, p. 24;

R. Dodsley, London and its Environs, London 1761, p. 320;

J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, vol. III, London 1831, p. 334, cat. no. 277;

J. Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, London 1842, pp. 439-441, cat. no. 103;

Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters, exhibition catalogue, London 1873, p. 22, cat. no. 212;

N. de Pauw, Les trois peintres de David Teniers et leurs homonymes, Antwerp 1898, p. 65, cat. no. 11;

An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of 17th Century Art in Europe, exhibition catalogue, London 1938, p. 28, cat. no. 101, reproduced;

H. Simon, "Zu Datierung und Ikonographie des Genter Jahrmarkts von David Teniers D.J.," in Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 57 (1996), pp. 195-211, reproduced fig. 1;

A. Hindley, Drama and Community: People and Plays in Medieval Europe, Brepols 1999, reproduced on cover;

E. Duverger, Documents concernant le commerce d'art de Francisco-Jacomo van der Berghe et Gillis van der Vennen de Gand avec la Hollande et la France pendant les premières decades du XVIII^e siècle, Wetteren 2004, p. 249;

K. Jonckheere, The Auction of King William's Paintings, 1713: Elite International Art Trade at the End of the Dutch Golden Age, Amsterdam 2008, pp. 112, 127-129, 288, cat. no. 65 (Appendix B4), reproduced fig. 88;

W. White, Drama and Religion in English Provincial Society, 1485-1660, Cambridge 2008, p. 13, reproduced fig. 1.