The estate of the artist,

by inheritaಌnce to Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont (1773-1838) (L.353),

by inh꧅e𒊎ritance to Mrs. Power, née Émilie de Boisfrement,

her sale, 15-16 April 1864, lot 112;

A.𒁏 Montmartel (according to labels on the backing),

possibly his sale, Paris, 25-26 December 1883;

Donop de Monchy Collection, Paris, no. 2🎃71 (according to🦩 label on old backing);

Jean Masson (1856-1933), Paris,

his sale, Paris, Féral, 6 D𓂃ecember 1923 (according to label on old backing);

Jacques Mathey (1883-1973), Paris, in 1946;

sale, New York, Sotheby's, 24 💮January 2007, lot 94A;

sale, Paris, Sotheby's, 24 June 2009, lot 81,

where acquired by Joseph Baillio,

his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 31 January 20❀24, 🌟lot 15

E. de Goncourt, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé de Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Paris 1876, no. 65, p. 150 (as 'L’Amour prisonnier', Une femme nue penchée sur l’Alour le retient par les ailes);

J. Guiffrey, L’oeuvre de Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Paris 1924, no. 180, p. 67 (as Vénus au bain).

Paris, Prud’hon, 1874, no. 180;

Paris, Prud’hon, 1922, no. 99;

Paris, Pavillon de Marsan, Les Goncourt et leur temps, 1946, no. 318;

Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Le dessin français de Watteau à Prud’hon, 1951, no. 110;

London, Matthiessen Gallery, Exhibition of French Master Drawings of the 18th century, 1950, no. 70.