Lot Essay
The prototype, signed, on panel, 42.6 x 66.5 cm, is in the Gemldegalerie Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, inv. no.808A, acquired in 1874 (H. Bock, et.al., Gesamtverzeichnis Gemldegalerie Berlin, 1986, p.70 & p.337, no.843, ill.).