Pietro da Cortona

Provenance

Nathaniel Hone, London (1718-1784) (L. 2793).
Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792) (L. 2364); Harry Phillips, London, 5-26 March 1798, unidentified lot.
Sir John Chichester (ca.1752–1808).
Rev. John Sanford (1777-1855), and by descent to
Field-Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Lord Methuen, Corsham Court (1732-1795); Christie's, London, 14 May 1920, lot 1; subsequently bought back by the Hon. Paul Ayshford Methuen, R.A., F.S.A., 4th Lord Methuen, Corsham Court (1886-1974); Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1996, lot 15.
Sale Christie's, New York, 31 January 2019, nr. 35

Other works by Pietro da Cortona

A nude youth kneeling before an altar

Christ on the Cross, with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Saint John
c. 1661

The Birth of Maria

The Lapidation of St. Stephan
1660

Venus Appears to Aeneas
c. 1630