Marking: In black ink on verso, collector's mark of Kurt Meissner (not in Lugt)

Benno Geiger (German, 1882–1965); Kurt Meissner (Zürich); British Rail Pension Fund (London), sale, Sotheby's, London, July 6, 1992, lot 65; Private Collection, Munich , sale, Sotheby's, London, July 8, 1998, lot 101; Private Collection, Munich , sale, Christie's, New York, January 22, 2004, lot 85 [acquired by Kunsthandel Katrin Bellinger, Munich]; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

Carmen C. Bambach, Elizabeth Barker, Michiel C. Plomp, Nadine Orenstein, Perrin Stein, Samantha Rippner "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2003-2004." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 62, no. 2, Autumn 2004, p. 18, ill.

Werner Sumowski Handzeichnungen Alter Meister aus Schweizer Privatbesitz. Zurich, Kunsthalle, 1967, plate 25, cat. no. 25, p. 36, ill.

Françoise Forster-Hahn Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Kurt Meissner, Zurich. Stanford, 1969, cat. no. 8, fig. no. 8, pp. 16, 21, ill.

Bernard Dorival "Philippe de Champaigne et les 'Hiéroglyphiques' de Pierius" Revue de l'Art. 11, 1971, fig. no. 26, p. 41, ill.

Bernard Dorival Philippe de Champaigne, 1602-1674: La Vie, l'oeuvre, et le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre. II, Paris, 1976, cat. no. 68, pp. 45-46.

Nicolas Sainte Fare Garnot Cahiers du Dessin Français Philippe de Champaigne et son atelier. 11, Paris, 2000, cat. no. 11, 15, pp. 15, 53, ill.

Nicolas Sainte Fare Garnot, Alain Tapié Philippe de Champaigne: Entre politique et dévotion. Paris, 2007, cat. no. under no. 72, fig. no. 72-2, pp. 248-249, ill.

Frédérique Lanoe, Pierre Rosenberg Trois maitres du dessin: Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (1631-1681), Nicolas de Plattemontagne (1631-1706) Ex. cat. Paris, 2009, cat. no. R11*, p. 180, ill.