M. Lemercier, Le Havre, France, sold by the daughters of Lemercier [see note 1]. Galerie Robert Schmit, Paris [see note 2]. Makowski, Paris. Galerie Fabiani, Paris. 1954, Oppenheimer, Paris, 1954, sold by Oppenheimer to the Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1957, sold by Matthiesen Gallery to the MFA for £8,500. (Accession Date November 14, 1957);NOTES;[1] According to information provided by the Matthiesen Gallery at the time of its purchase.;[2] Information about Schmit, Makowski, and Fabiani is taken from Robert Fernier, La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet: Catalogue Raisonné (Paris, 1977), vol. 1, cat. no. 17.