Literature
Ince Catalogue, 1803, p.228, no.LIV, 'A Portrait, said to have been painted by Leonardo di Vinci. From the cup of supposed poison, which she holds in her hand, it is called a portrait of Fair Rosamond. There is a beautiful duplicate of this picture in the Queen's palace'
G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, 1854, III, p.251, 'Jan Mostaert - The Magdalen taking the lid from the box of ointment; half-length figure, life size, the ground dark. This picture, which entirely corresponds with the authentic so-called portrait of Jacoba of Bavaria in the Museum at Antwerp, belongs, in point of elevation of conception, pleasing forms, warm colouring, and very careful treatment, to the best pictures I know of the master. It is also in excellent preservation'
E. von Bodenhausen, Gerard David und seine Schule, 1905, no.58a
M. J. Friedländer, Die Altniederländische Malerei, XI, 1934, p.145, no.274c
G. Marlier, Ambrosius Benson, 1957, p.307, under no.94, and p.331, no.231
M. J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, XI, ed. H. Pauwels, 1974, p.98, no.274c
Exhibited
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Pictures from Ince Blundell Hall, 1960, no.41
Bournemouth, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Pictures from Lulworth Castle, 10 May-2 July 1967, no.70, as Ambrosius Benson
