Provenance
Giacomo Cattaneo (born 1593), Genoa, husband of the sitter
by inheritance to his sons, Filippo Cattaneo (1619-1684) and Gio. Giacomo Cattaneo (1628-1712), Genoa
by inheritance 1712 to their great-nephew, Nicolò Cattaneo (1676-1746), Genoa
by inheritance to Giambatista Cattaneo, Genoa, by 1780
Nicola Cattaneo, Genoa, by 1827
Cattaneo della Volta Collection, until 1906
sold to Antonio Monti, Ferrara
on joint account December 1906 with
P. & D. Colnaghi, London
on three-way joint account February 1907 with
M. Knoedler and Co., New York
sold 1908 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park
gift 1942 to NGA