Provenance
Richard Westall, R.A. (1766-1836); sale, Phillips, 11-12 May 1827, lot 52, as 'Ag. Carracci' (18gns. to Lord Northwick)
John, 2nd Lord Northwick, and by inheritance at Northwick Park to
Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill; (+) Christie's, 29 Oct. 1965, lot 38, as Agostino Carracci (600gns. to Douglas)
with Leger Galleries, London, 1966
Literature
A Catalogue of the Pictures, Works of Art, &c. at Northwick Park, 1864, p.12, no.55, as A. Carracci
T. Borenius, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Northwick Park, 1921, p.11, no.18, as Annibale Carracci
D. Posner, Annibale Carracci, 1971, II, p.45, under no.102, as 'a good old copy'
G. Malafarina, L'opera completa di Annibale Carracci, 1976, under no.95, as 'una buona copia'
N. Volle in the catalogue of the exhibition, Seicento, le siècle de Caravage dans les collections françaises, Grand Palais, Paris, and Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1988-9, p.155, as 'une bonne copie ancienne'
