Provenance
Commissioned by 1520/21 by Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476–1534) for the Camerino d’Alabastro of the Castello Estense in Ferrara
by inheritance to his son, Ercole II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara (1534–1559)
by inheritance to his son Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara (1533–1597)
removed as early as 1608 from the Camerino d'Alabastro, when acquired by Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1577–1633), Rome
by inheritance to his cousin Marcantonio II Borghese (1601-1658), 1st Prince of Sulmona, Rome
by inheritance to his grandson Giovanni Battista Borghese (1639–1717), 2nd Prince of Sulmona, Rome
probably by descent to Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese (1775-1832), 6th Prince of Sulmona, Rome
José de Madrazo y Agudo [1781–1859], Madrid, certainly by 1847, but probably acquired between 1803 and 1819
possibly by inheritance to Federico Madrazo y Kuntz (1815-1894), Madrid
possibly purchased 1861 by José de Salamanca y Mayol (1811-1883), Marqués of Salamanca, Madrid
Hans Wendland, Basel
sold 1925 to (Kunsthandel AG, Lucerne)
sold 1927 through (Julius Böhler, Munich and Luzerne) to (Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi [1878–1955], Florence and Rome)
sold 1936 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1939 to NGA
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