Antwerp School, 17th Century After Domenico Zampieri, called Domenichino

Acquired by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I. of Liechtenstein (?) (1662-1712), according to the 1712 manuscript of his estate (see Literature).

Nachlassinventar Fürst Johann Adam I., manuscript, 1712, no. 203;
V. Fanti, Descrizzione completa di tutto ciò che ritrovasi nella galleria di pittura e scultura di Sua Altezza Giuseppe Wenceslao del S.R.I. Principe Regnante della casa di Lichtenstein, Vienna 1767, p. 53, no. 308 (as Andrea del Sarto);
J. D. von Dalling, Description des Tableaux, et des Pièces de Sculpture, que renferme la Gallerie de son Altesse François Joseph Chef et Prince Regnant de la Maison de Liechtenstein, Vienna 1780, p. 21-22, no. 41 (as Andrea del Sarto);
Sammlungskatalog, manuscript, 1805, no. 282 (as Andrea del Sarto);
J. Falke, Katalog der Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna 1873, p. 8. no. 53 (as Andrea del Sarto);
J. Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vien 1885, p. 5, no. 27 (School of Andrea del Sarto, probably Dom. Puligo);
J.A. Crowe in G.B. Cavalcaselle, Storia della pittura in Italia dal secolo II al secolo XVI., Bd. 4, Florenz 1885-1908, p. 584 (as Andrea del Sarto);
W. Bode, Die Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Galerie in Wien, Vienna 1896, p. 73 (as Follower or School of Andrea del Sarto);
A. Kronfeld, Führer durch die Fürstlich Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Wien, Vienna 1931, p. 9, no. 27, S. 9 (as School of Andrea del Sarto).

The composition derives from the original by Domenichino in the Academia de San Fernando, Madrid (see R.E. Spear, Domenichino, London and New Haven 1982, p. 307, cat. no. 115, reproduced plate 398). Though the original is not known to have been in Northern Europe, the panel of the current work, stamped on the reverse with the brand of the Antwerp panel maker's Guild, suggests that it is Flemish.