Lot Essay
The prototype, signed and dated 1619, on canvas, 240 x 300 cm, is in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, inv. no.1585, on loan from the Uffizi (M. Gregori, Uffizi e Pitti - i dipinti delle gallerie Fiorentine, 1994, p.387, fig.509). It was commissioned by Cardinal Carlo de'Medici for his residence, il Casino di San Marco, Florence.