Provenance
Stated by Robaut to have been lent by Corot in 1873 to his pupil Édouard Brandon (1831–1897), who probably copied it11; sale F.J., Paris, 23 March 1877, lot 13, as Ville d’Italie, bought by Brame for 1,400 francs; in the collection of the Parisian financier Ernest May (1845–1925); his sale, Paris, 4 June 1890, lot 21, bought by Durand Ruel for 7,100 francs12; in the collection of James Staats Forbes by 1896; bought by Sir Hugh Lane from the executors of Forbes in 190413; Lane Bequest 191714; at the Tate Gallery, London; transferred from the Tate Gallery in 1950.