Inscription: The old mount is annotated in graphite on recto: "Guercino/ from Wm. Young Ottley Coll.n/ from the Jonathan Richardson Coll.n.". Initials "WYO" in elision of William Young Ottley (Lugt 2665), written in pen and brown ink, center of verso of old mount. The verso is annotated as we can see in transparency: a letter.

Marking: Stamp of Jonathan Richardson, Jr. (Lugt 2179) on lower right recto. No watemark visible: sheet glued on to an old mount.

Jonathan Richardson, Junior (British, London 1694–1771 London); William Young Ottley (British, Thatcham, Berkshire 1771–1836 London)

Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 17th Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, cat. no. 239, fig. no. 239, p. 184, ill.

Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken Guercino (1591-1666), Drawings from Dutch Collections. 's-Gravenhage, 1990, cat. no. under no. 5, p. 42.

William M. Griswold "Guercino". The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 4, 48, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, Spring 1991, fig. no. 35, pp. 41-42, ill.

Piero Boccardo Genova e Guercino, Dipinti e disegni delle Civiche Collezioni. Genoa, 1992, cat. no. under no. 25, p. 82.