When and how this painting was acquired by the museum is no longer known.
Question marks are written beside the options loan, purchase or gift, on the inventory card completed in February 1949. Under further information, the writer notes: 'Left during the war in S.M. (Gift?)' A label on the reverse of the painting states: 'L.P. Oudewaal & zoon, Kazernestraat 114 A, The Hague – Lijstenmaker.'
