Provenance: David Baruch Adler (1826–1878) and Jenny Adler, b. Raphael (1830–1902); their daughter Emma Adler (1855–1912); her husband, Herman Trier (1845–1925); their nephew, Poul Martin Adler (f. 1883); his brother, David Bertel Adler (1879–1932); his estate auction, Winkel & Magnussen auction 124, 1932 no. 995. Bruun Rasmussen auktion 673, 2000 nr. 124.

The present work is a study for the painting “En dreng føres af sine forældre til klostret” (A boy is brought to the monastery by his parents) from 1830–1831, which Meyer later repeated in 1836–1837. A version hereof is located at Statens Museum for Kunst with inventory number KMS1106, while others are located at Landesmuseen Schleswig-Holstein and in private collections.