Provenance
The Rev. John Sanford by 1838; his sale, Christie's, London, May 13, 1839, lot 82 (withdrawn prior to sale).
By descent to Lord Methuen, Corsham Court, until 1941.
Baron Hatvany; (+) Christie's, London, Dec. 1, 1978, lot 83 (£70,000).
Literature
M. Logan (Mrs. Berenson), Compagno di Pesellino, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, XXVI (iii), 1901, pp. 28-9, illustrated as 'Compagno di Pesellino'.
R. van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, X, 1928, p. 513, accepting Mrs Berenson's attribution.
L.M. Richter, The Old Italian Masters at Burlington House, Connoisseur, VIII, Jan.-April 1904, p. 170 as Filippo Lippi.
B. Berenson, Quadri Senza Casa: Il Quattrocento Florentino, II Dedalo XII, 1932, II, pp. 166 and 670-1, illustrated.
T. Borenius, Catalogue of the Pictures at Corsham Court, 1939, no. 66, pl. XVIII.
B. Nicolson, The Sanford Collection, The Burlington Magazine, XCVII, July 1955, p. 213, no. 32.
J. Gere in the catalogue of the exhibition, The Art of Painting in Florence and Siena from 1250-1500, Wildenstein, 1965, no. 48, fig. 51.
The Early Renaissance in Tuscany, The Burlington Magazine, CVII, March, 1965, p. 109, fig. 1.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, I, 1963, p. 167.
B. Berenson, Homeless Paintings; The Florentine Quattrocento, 1969, p. 169, illustrated p. 297.
Exhibited
London, British Institution, 1848, no. 106 as Piero della Francesca.
London, Royal Academy, Old Masters, 1877, no. 174 as Piero della Francesca.
London, Royal Academy, Old Masters, 1904, no. 14 as Filippo Lippi. London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1936-7, no. 69.
London, Wildenstein, The Art of Painting in Florence and Siena from 1250 to 1500, 1965, no. 48.
London, Harari & Johns, Five Centuries of Old Master Paintings, May 3-June 12, 1991, no. 1.
