Guercino

Literature

Eric Jan Sluijter, Rembrandt's rivals, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2015, fig. IIA-32

Provenance

1624, Daniele Ricci, Bologna (original commission)
by 1658, Gerrit Reynst (born 1599 - died 1658), Amsterdam
by inheritance to his widow, Anna Reynst, Amsterdam; 1660, probably sold by Reynst to the States of Holland for presentation to Charles II (born 1630 - died 1685), King of England
given by Charles II to Barbara Villiers (born 1641 - died 1709), Duchess of Cleveland, or to their son, Henry Fitzroy (born 1663 - died 1690), 1st Duke of Grafton and his wife, Isabella Bennett (born about 1668 - died 1722/23), Countess of Arlington, Euston Hall, Thetford, Norfolk, England
by inheritance to Isabella and her second husband, Sir Thomas Hammer (born about 1674 - died 1746), 4th Bt., Euston Hall
probably by inheritance to the son of Henry Fitzroy and Isabella Bennett, Charles Fitzroy (born 1683 - died 1757), 2nd Duke of Grafton
until 1948, by descent within the Fitzroy family
1948, Colnaghi, London
1948, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA, accession date 9 December 1948

External links

Museum of Fine Arts Accession number 48.1028

Other works by Guercino

The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine

Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well

Portrait of a Dog

Susanna and the Elders

St. Peter Weeping Before the Virgin
1647