Signature: Casino Ludovisi fresco signed and dated 1621

Inscription: The recto is annotated, at lower left, in graphite: "298". The verso is annotated, three times, in pencil: "294".

Marking: No watermark visible: Sheet glued on to a secondary paper.

James Jackson Jarves ; Cornelius Vanderbilt (American, Staten Island, New York 1843–1899 New York); Donor: Cornelius Vanderbilt (American, Staten Island, New York 1843–1899 New York)

Coles Gallery, 8: Tapestries and Paintings, Malachites, Vases, etc.: Drawings by Old Masters, Etchings, Photographs, and Tapestries in Gallery 4, Main Hall. ex. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Handbook no. 8, New York, 1895, cat. no. 294, p. 21.

Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 17th Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, cat. no. 243, fig. no. 243, p. 186, ill.

Luigi Salerno I Dipinti del Guercino. Rome, 1988, cat. no. under no. 77, p. 157.

Nicholas Turner, Carol Plazzotta Drawings by Guercino from British Collections. London, 1991, cat. no. under no. 30, p. 62.

William M. Griswold "Guercino". The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 4, 48, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, Spring 1991, fig. no. 27, pp. 28-31, ill.