來源
Welbore Ellis Agar (1735-1805), Commissioner of Customs, by whom bequethed as part of his colleciton to his two illegitimate sons Welbore Felix Agar and Emmanuel Felix Agar; Christie's, London, 3 May 1806 [=2nd day], lot 40, 'Vision de St. Jerome. St. Jean à genoux et montrant avec l'index la Sainte Vierge avec l'enfant Jesus debout, dansles nues plus loin à droit St. Jerome qui dort - Sujet que l'artiste a traité d'une force, et d'une grandeur étonnantes, et dans un ton de Couleur grave et majestiueux' (acquired before the sale [and before the English version of the catalogued was printed] en bloc with the whole Agar collection by William Seguier on behalf of Grosvenor). Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor, later 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767-1845), Eaton Hall, Cheshire; sale, Peter Coxe, London, 2 July 1812, lot 65, one of two with a Correggio, 'the study for the celebrated Picture known as the St. Jerome of Parma: it was most highly valued by its late possessor, the Honorable Welbore Ellis Agar, and was purchased with his whole Collection' (unsold at £21), and by descent to
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess and 1st Duke of Westminster, K.G. (1825-1899)
A.R. Holland.
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