After Federico Barocci

Gustaf Adolf Sparre (1746-1794);
His widow, Elisabeth Sofia Amalia Beata Sparre
Gustaf Adolph de la GardieJacob Gustaf de la Gardie
Carl Count de Geer
Thence by descent to his granddaughter, Wanas, Sweden
Thence by descent in the same house
Sale: Sotheby's London, December 6, 2007, lot 119, illustrated

G. Göthe, Tafelsamlingen pa Wanås, Stockholm 1895, p. 19, no. 32;
I. Hasselgren, Konstamlaren Gustaf Adolf Sparre 1746-1794, Göteborg 1974, reproduced p. 176.

In fairly good condition. The canvas is lined. Craquelure throughout with some associated pigment losses and lifting. UV: Scattered small spots of inpainting visible through masking varnish.
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Two very similar original versions by Barocci are known: in the Uffizi, Florence (122 by 91 cm.), and the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (256 by 185 cm.) ¹The Sparre copy may tentatively be attributed on the grounds of style to Barocci's follower Antonio Viviani, II Sordo.
The stretcher bears an old label: N^o57/ Federico Barroccio f.

1.  See A. Emilani, Federico Barocci, Bologna 1985, vol. II, p. 239 etc, both reproduced.