Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso)

Inscription: Annotated on verso by modern hand in graphite "Volterrano"; "KA"; and within a rectangle, "42."

Jean Cantacuzène; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 4-6, 1969, no. 421.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings Recently Acquired, 1969–1971," January 18–April 16, 1972.

J. C. Collection. Sale catalogue. Paris, June 6, 1969, fig. no. lot 421.

Jacob Bean "One Hundredth Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year 1969-1970, Reports of the Departments: Drawings." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.s. vol. 29, no. 2, New York, October 1970, pp. 70, 71.

Jacob Bean Drawings Recently Acquired, 1969-1971. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (January 18 - April 16). New York, 1972, p. 8, no. 20.

J. Patrick Cooney "Drawings by il Volterrano for Three Decorative Projects." Master Drawings. vol. 12, 1974, p. 375, no. 4, pl. 45, ill.

Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 17th century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, cat. no. 184, fig. no. 184, pp. 144-46, ill.

Catherine Monbeig Goguel Dessins baroque florentins du Musée du Louvre. LXXIVe Exposition du Cabinet du dessins. Exh. cat. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Paris, 1982, p. 169, under no. 102.

James Byam Shaw The Italian Drawings of the Frits Lugt Collection. vol. 1, Paris, 1983, p. 368, no. 372.

Marta Privitera "Disegni del Volterrano per i dipinti di Fernardinando Ridolfi." Paragone. Arte. 3, 33/34, 2000, p. 81.

Chris Fischer Central Italian Drawings. Schools of Florence, Siena, the Marches and Umbria. Italian Drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings. Statens Museum for Kunst. Copenhagen, 2001, p. 201 and note 1, under no, 139.