1712
41 x 33.1 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.)
Sotheby's, New York, sold at auction, January 14, 1987, no. 129, repr. Christie's, London, Ian Woodner sale, sold to Vermeer Associates Limited, July 2, 1991, lot 292, repr. Vermeer Associates Limited, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994. On long-term loan to HUAM from Vermeer Associates since 1992.
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