(Probably) George, 1st Duke of Montagu (1712-1790), Montagu House, Whitehall, and by descent to the following,
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch (1894-1973); his sale, Christie's, on the premises at Derby House, Stratford Place, Oxford Street, London, WI., 1 November 1946, lot 102, as 'Simon Cantarini' (50 gns. to the following),
Charles Soukup; Christie's, London, 15 July 1960, lot 27, as 'Simone Cantarini' (650 gns. to Grange).
with Julius Böhler, Munich, 1966, as 'attributed to Francesco Grimaldi'.
Private collection, Paris, by 1966.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1973, lot 99 (£7,500 to Aldous).
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