(Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris), by 1895; acquired by Pierre-Auguste Renoir [1841-1919], Cagnes; re-purchased by (Ambroise Vollard, Paris), by 1912;[1] sold to Dr. Gottlieb Friedrich Reber [1880-1959], Barmen, Germany, and Lausanne, by 1913;[2] sold May 1931 to Marie N. Harriman [1903-1970] and W. Averell Harriman [1891-1986], New York [Marie Harriman Gallery];[3] W. Averell Harriman Foundation, New York; gift 1972 to NGA. [1] The early provenance of the painting is described in the literature in different ways: that Cezanne "may have given" it to Renoir (_Cézanne_, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1996: no. 65), or that Mme Renoir purchased the painting from Vollard (John Rewald, _The Paintings of Paul Cézanne. A Catalogue Raisonné_, 2 vols., New York, 1996: 1:no. 456). [2] Several sources, including the Harriman collection records (in NGA curatorial files) include the Paris dealer Paul Rosenberg in the provenance either before or after Reber's name. However, a shipping receipt dated 8 July 1912 in the Vollard archives lists three paintings sent to Reber, including "Cezanne baigneuses" that is probably _The Battle of Love_ (kindly provided by Jayne Warman, see correspondence of January 2006 in NGA curatorial files). The painting was exhibited with Reber's collection in 1913 in Darmstadt and Berlin. [3] According to Harriman collection records, in NGA curatorial files.