After Jacopo da Ponte, called Jacopo Bassano

At Devonshire House by 1728 and transferred to Chatsworth between 1854 and 1871.

Abbé Fougeroux, who recorded the picture hanging at Devonshire House in 1728;
Devonshire House Wall Plan of Paintings, 1813, where stated as hanging in the State Bedroom;
G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London 1854, vol. II, p.90 (at Devonshire House and as 'Giacomo Bassano');
Catalogue of Pictures at Chasworth, 1871 (as 'J. Bassano'), hanging in the South corridor.

 

Relined, unframed, paint surface secure, no major damages. Flat, dirty paint surface. UV: scattered retouchings.
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A copy after Jacopo Bassano's original now in the Museo Civico, Padua (see E. Arslan, I Bassano, Milan 1960, vol. II, reproduced fig. 298).