Provenance

• 1860s: bought by Theodore John (Iannis) Coronio (1827-1903) , London;
• 1860s/1870s: returned to Whistler and possibly destroyed.

Whistler knew the Coronios in the early 1860s, and was a neighbour in the 1870s. In one letter to Mme Coronio Whistler mentioned that 'John's picture' (which might have been a portrait, or the one under discussion) was 'nearly finished.' 1

It does not look as if the Coronios ever retrieved this painting. About 1889 Whistler mentioned a painting once owned by Mme Coronio, presumably this one, that 'it was my misfortune so long ago to destroy'. 2

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.