Provenance
The artist (c. 1490-1576), Venice
by inheritance to his son, Pomponio Vecellio, Venice
sold 27 October 1581 with the contents of Titian's house to Cristoforo Barbarigo (1544-1614), Venice
by inheritance to his son, Andrea Barbarigo
by inheritance in the Barbarigo family, Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, Venice
sold 1850 by the heirs of Giovanni di Alvise Barbaraigo (died 1843) to Czar Nicholas I of Russia (1796-1855), Saint Petersburg
Imperial Hermitage Gallery, St. Petersburg
purchased April 1931 through Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin,
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, and
M. Knoedler & Co., New York by
Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded 5 June 1931 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA