Inscription: On the mount, lower left, in graphite: naf (?) Verso, upper center, in blue crayon: Diepenbeeck / St. Paul Epheseus Verso, center, in graphite: No = 7 = Verso, lower right, in graphite: 1981.289

Marking: Lower right: collector's mark of Pierre-Jean Mariette (Lugt 1852) Verso, lower right: MMA stamp

Pierre Jean Mariette (French, Paris 1694–1774 Paris); F. Basan, P-J Mariette sale, 1775-76; A. C. Ionides (London, 1833–1900); Christie's, London24 June 1980, lot 32; Christie's, London7 April 1981, lot 124; Vendor: Alfred Strölin (French, 1871–1954)

Mariette sale, Pierre Jean Mariette, F. Basan Catalogue raisonné des différents objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts qui composent le cabinet de feu Mr Mariette [...] [Sale Paris, Basan, November 15, 1775-January 30, 1776]. Paris, 1775, cat. no. 865, p. 133.

Jacob Bean, Helen Bobritzky Mules Notable Acquisitions, 1981-1982: Drawings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, p. 43, ill.

Hans Vlieghe "De peintures très exquises" Abraham van Diepenbeeck's Schilderwerk te Parijs" Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch. LV, Cologne, 1994, cat. no. 0, fig. no. 15, p. 279.