Corneille de Lyon

Henry Constantine Jennings (1731-1819), Shiplake;

His sale, London, Christie's, 4 April 1778 (second day), lot 15 (as Holbein, "The portrait of Sir Thomas Moore [sic]");

Where acquired by Horace Walpole (1717-1797), Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London;

Thence by inheritance to George Waldegrave (1816-1846), 7th Earl Waldegrave, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London;

His sale, Strawberry Hill, George Robins, 17 May 1842 (twentieth day), lot 53 (in the Holbein Chamber; as Holbein);

Where acquired by "Webb" for £13.13.0, presumably as an agent for the following collector;

Hollingworth Magniac (1786–1867), Colworth, Bedford;

Thence by descent to his son, Charles Magniac (1827-1891), Colworth, Bedford;

His estate sale, London, Christie's, 2 July 1892, lot 92 (as "Ascribed to François Clouet");

Where acquired by Durlacher Brothers, London;

Edward Steinkopff (circa 1838-1906), 47 Berkeley Square, London;

By whose estate sold ("Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Estate of the late Edward Steinkopff, Esq."), London, Christie's, 24 May 1935, lot 77;

Where acquired by Collings;

Anton Philips (1874-1951), Eindhoven, by 1937;

Thence by descent to the present collector.

Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum, Eenige schilderijen en kunstvoorwerpen uit de Collectie van den Heer en Mevrouw Dr. A.F. Philips-de Jongh, 21 January-8 February 1937, no. 13.

A description of the villa of Horace Walpole..., (Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy, with copious manuscript additions and corrections), Yale Library no. 49 2523, 1774, p. 63 (an annotation by Walpole);

H. Walpole, A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex..., London 1784, p. 47 (in the alcove of the Holbein chamber);

J.C. Robinson, Notice of the Principal Works of Art in the Collection of Hollingworth Magniac, Esq., London 1861, pp. 130-131, cat. no. 227 (as "ascribed to François Clouet");

Catalogus van eenige schilderijen en kunstvoorwerpen uit de Collectie van den Heer en Mevrouw Dr. A.F. Philips-de Jongh, exhibition catalogue, Eindhoven 1937, n.p., cat. no. 13 (as Corneille de Lyon).