Provenance History

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Ownership History

# Owner Localización Period Transfer Certainty
1 Johannes Vermeer
Artist
Delft, Netherlands 1665 - 1675 Created Certain
2 Pieter van Ruijven
Person
Delft, Netherlands 1675 - 1696 Sale Probable
3 Van Ruijven-van der Meer Family
Family
Delft, Netherlands 1696 - 1750 Inheritance Probable
4 Unknown 1750 - 1820 Unknown Unknown
5 John Smith & Sons
Dealer
London, England 1820 - 1822 Sale Certain
6 Sir William Hamilton
Person
London, England 1822 - 1890 Auction Certain
7 National Gallery of Art
Museum
Washington D.C., USA 1942 - present Gift Certain