The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (recto); Another Design for the Same Composition (verso)

Inscription: Annotated in pen and brown ink at lower left of recto, P Testa; at upper left of verso in the artist's hand, più. sù; at upper border of verso in another hand, Orige di Pietro Testa. Il dipinto è in Roma nella Chiesa dei Lucchesi.

Thomas Hudson (British); Sir Uvedale Price, 1st Baronet (British); his sale, Sotheby's, London, May 3–4, 1854, lot 240(as Testa, The Saviour received at the Gates of the Temple); Major S. V. Christie-Miller, Clarendon Park, Salisbury; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

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

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions 1965–1975," December 6, 1975–March 23, 1976.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "17th Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," 1979.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 5, 1997–March 8, 1998.

Jacob Bean Drawings Recently Acquired, 1969-1971. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (January 18 - April 16). New York, 1972, cat. no. 52.

Jacob Bean "Drawings." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1965-1975. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975, p. 61, ill.

Jacob Bean Patterns of Collecting: Selected Acquisitions, 1965-1975. Explanatory texts accompanying an exhibition. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975, p. 61, ill.

Hugh Brigstocke "Testa's Adoration of the Shepherd in Edinburgh and some New Thoughts on his Stylistic Development." Paragone. vol. 27, no. 321, 1976, fig. no. 41 - 42, pp. 21 - 22.

Jacob Bean (but catalogue not signed), The Metropolitan Museum of Art Roman Artists of the 17th Century: Drawings and Prints. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1976, n.p.

Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 17th century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, cat. no. 362, fig. no. 362, pp. 273-75, ill.

Elizabeth Cropper The Ideal of Painting, Pietro Testa's Düsseldorf Notebook. 1984, fig. no. 37, pp. 40 - 41.

Pietro Testa 1612 - 1650 Prints and Drawings. Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, Nov. 5-Dec. 31, 1988); Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Jan. 21-March 19, 1989. 1988, cat. no. 69, pp. 140 - 144.