Johann Liss

Possibly in Rome, circa 1625;

With Grant, London, until 1803;

By whom anonymously sold ("A Well-known Collector of Distinguished Judgement"), London, Christie's, 11-12 February 1803, lot 41;

Where acquired by George Kinnaird (1754-1805), 7th Lord Kinnaird;

Art market, Spain, until 1920s;

Where acquired by a private collector, United States;

Thence by descent to their grandson, United States (as Italian School);

From whom acquired by Simon C. Dickinson, London and New York, 1997;

From whom acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999.

R. Klessmann, Johann Liss: A Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Doornspijk 1999, pp. 76, 79, 160-161, cat. no. 27, reproduced pl. 25 (as Cymon and Iphigenia from Boccaccio's Decameron).