Provenance
Probably Bernardo Bembo, Venice or Verona (died 1519)
probably his son, Cardinal Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), Padua and Rome
Nicolai Nikitich Demidov, Prince of San Donato (1773-1828), near Florence
his son, Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870), near Florence
his sale, Paris, 3 March 1870, nr. 204, repro., etching by Rajou
private collection, Italy, until c. 1928
with Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin
with
Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1875-1947), Schloss Rohoncz, Hungary, and later, Villa Favorita, Lugano-Castagnola, Switzerland, by 1930
on consignment 1950 with
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
purchased 1951 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1952 by exchange to NGA