Presumably by descent to Athalia Rørbye (died 1919), daughter of the artist, by 1905 [lent by A. Rørbye to Copenhagen 1905 where it was described as “1836. Abbaten. ‘Subiaco 1836. M.R.’ 39x27”]. Anonymous art dealer, by 2002 [according to an email from Birte Stockholm, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, to Margaret Crosland dated August 5, 2014, copy in curatorial object file]; sold Bruun Rasmusseun Auctioneers, Copenhagen, December 2, 2002, no. 1153, as Den laesende abate [price according to the email cited above]; offered for sale, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, Copenhagen, November 28, 2007, lot 61, as Den laesende abate, bought in [according to an email from Birte Stokholm, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, to Margaret Crosland dated August 4, 2014, copy in curatorial object file]; sold Bruun Rasmussen International, Copenhagen, November 28, 2011, no. 17, as Den laesende Abate (Young clergyman reading) to Galerie Michel Descours [buyer according to an email from Mehdi Korchane, Galerie Michel Descours, to Margaret Crosland dated September 3, 2014, copy in curatorial file; the email from Birte Stokholm dated August 4, 2014 cited above indicates the picture was consigned by the same owner in 2007 and 2011]; purchased by the Art Institute, 2013.