A stencilled inscription on a piece of wood now attached to the stretcher reads 'Thompson Collection NEW YORK - 1870 GEO. P. ROWE'
Zahari Collection, Malta
with Piero Corsini, New York
Literature
E. Martini, La Pittura del Settecento Veneto, 1982, p.19, p.21, colour pl.V, and fig.63
T. Pignatti, Venezia. Mille anni d'arte, 1989, p.278
Lot Essay
Martini, loc. cit., dates the present picture to the artist's first period in England, 1708-13, or his subsequent stay in Düsseldorf, 1713-16