The traditional attribution is confirmed by the similarity of the types and the handling, reflecting the influence of Lodovico Carracci, to drawings in the Uffizi, C. Johnston, Mostra di Disegni Bolognesi, Florence, 1973, nos. 72-3, figs. 51-2. This study for an apse has not been related to any known work, and Malvasia does not describe any commission of this subject