Thomas Howard, second Earl of Arundel (1586-1646); by descent to his widow Alethea Howard, 13th Baroness Furnivall, Countess of Arundel (1583-1654); by descent to her grandson Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (1628-1684); by descent to his widow Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (1643/4-1693); sold to Henry Mordaunt, second Earl of Peterborough (1621-1697); by descent to his widow Penelope Mordaunt, Countess of Peterborough (1627-1702); by descent to her daughter Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (c.1659-1705); by descent to her widower Sir John Germain, 1st Baronet (1650-1718); by descent to his widow Lady Elizabeth “Betty” Germain (1680-1769); given to her great-niece Lady Charles (Mary Beauclerk) Spencer (1743-1812), 1762; given to her brother-in-law, Lord George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), Blenheim Castle, Oxon; by descent to John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883) [descent from Thomas Howard to John Spencer-Churchill according to Story-Maskelyne 1870]; sold, Christies, London, June 28, 1875, lot 4, to David Bromilow (1809-1898), Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, England; by descent to his daughter Julia Harriet Mary Jary (1844-1920); sold, Christie’s, London, June 26-29, 1899, lot 4, to Sir Francis Cook (1817-1901), London; by descent to his son Wyndham Cook (1860-1905), London; by descent to his widow Frederica Evelyn Stilwell Cook (1857-1925); by descent to her son Humphrey W. Cook (1893-1978) ,London; sold, Christie’s, London, July 14, 1925, lot 203, to Dr. Jacob Hirsch (1874-1955), New York [according to annotated sales catalogue]; sold to Joseph Brummer (1883-1947), 1945; [according to Brummer Gallery records]; sold, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 11-14, 1949, lot 238, to Melvin Gutman (1886-1967), New York City [according to annotated sale catalogue and Brummer Gallery records]; sold, Parke-Bernet, New York, October 17, 1969, lot 52, to Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925-2019), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.