A Vanitas Still Life with a Broken Roemer, an Upturned Tazza and a Peeled Lemon, All on a Ledge

William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (1856 – 1937).

The Hon. Mrs. Agnes E. Conway Horsfield (1885 – 1950), by descent from the above.

Her Estate Sale; Sotheby’s, London, 31 Jan. 1951, lot 31 (£400).

P. de Boer, Amsterdam (stock no. 4806), acquired from the above sale.

Polak, New York, NY, acquired from the above in 1951.

Anon. Sale (‘The Property of a Gentleman’); Christie’s, London, 7 July 1978, lot 216.

Private collection, Belgium, acquired at the above sale; thence by descent to the present owner.