The artist; (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris);[1] purchased 1911 by Jules Strauss [1861-1943], Paris;[2] (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris,15 December 1932, no. 36); purchased by (André Schoeller [1879-1955], Paris).[3] Collection Schwenck, Paris, by 1946.[4] Private collection, Swizterland; sold March 1967 through Simon Scheib, New York to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia;[5] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014]. [1] The painting is reproduced in _l’Album Degas_, Galerie A. Vollard, Paris, 1914: pl. 54. [2] Pauline Baer, the great-granddaughter of Jules Strauss, kindly shared with NGA the details of her great-grandfather's purchase of the painting (see her e-mail of 6 September 2016, in NGA curatorial files). The purchase is recorded in Strauss's personal papers with the following comment: "de chez Vollard provenant directement de Degas." [3] Annotated sales catalogue in Chester Dale collection, NGA Library. Schoeller was one of the directors at the Galerie Georges Petit and often an expert at sales, so it is possible this painting was bought in at the Strauss sale. [4] Per Lemoisne, Paul André. _Degas et son oeuvre_. 4 vols. Paris: Arts et metiers graphiques, 1946-1949. Vols. 2 and 3, 1946. (Reprinted in 5 vols., New York and London, 1984): no. 859, repro. [5] See letter of 29 February 1967 from John Rewald to Paul Mellon, as well as the annotated letter of 10 March 1967 from Simon Sheib to Mellon, in NGA curatorial files. Sheib was a laywer acting on behalf of the Swiss client who sold the painting..