Provenance:
- Collection of Baron Henry de Mecklembourg (?–1861), Berlin.
- Sale Febvre et Pillet, Paris, Collection of the widow of the Baron, 12.3.1870, Lot 53 (label verso, as Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh).
- With Guillaume Bracq, 1897 (wax seal verso).
- Sale Sotheby's, London, 13.4.1983, Lot 5.
- Sale Fischer, Lucerne, 10.–11.11.1987, Lot 555.
- Sale Eberhard, Zurich, 2.6.1989, Lot 393.
- Private collection, Switzerland.

The painting is registered at RKD, The Hague, as by the hand of Egbert Lievensz. van der Poel.

Condition:
Oil on panel, consisting of three horizontal planks. Paint surface well preserved. Slight color losses and small superficial scratches visible in places. Colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: few retouching visible along the edges and in the background. Varnish fluoresces greenish.
Overall condition very good.
Dimensions with frame: 74.5 × 95 cm.