Padre Sebastiano Resta, Milan (1635-1714); acquired from him by Giovanni Matteo Marchetti, Bishop of Arezzo (1647-1704); purchased from his heirs by John Talman (1677-1726), 1711, on behalf of John, Lord Somers (1650-1716); his estate sale, Motteu (London), 6 May 1717; purchased there by Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2183, L.2983 and L.2995; François Falconnet; E.E. Pulteney; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 27 March 1946, lot 43; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£20); Witt Bequest 1952

The above provided by Jeremy Wood in his 1996 Master Drawings article 'Padre Resta as a collector of Carracci drawings', p. 36, based on it belonging to one of the following Resta albums: B, C, E, G, K, L, M, or N. If it belonged to Albums A, D, F, H, I, or O, the provenance would be: Padre Sebastiano Resta, Milan (1635-1714); purchased from him by Henry Newton in Rome, 1712 on behalf of John, Lord Somers (1650-1716); his estate sale, Motteu (London), 5 May 1717; purchased there by Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745)... Drawings at the BM and the Ashmolean both have inscriptions by this ‘E.E. Pulteney’ referring to the drawings as coming from the collection of Francois Falconnet – here is the note from the BM’s drawing 1971,1211.1: Similar annotations can be found on the verso of a drawing by Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1964.16.4; see Whiteley, 2000,1, p.211, no.661), and on the verso of a copy after Annibale Carracci attributed to Carlo Cignani in the Courtauld Institute of Art, London (D.1952.RW.3814). E.E. Pulteney has not been identified, although an Elizabeth Evelyn Pulteney of Ashley, Northamptonshire married Major Arthur Gerald Boyle on 7 June 1890; see Brian Tompsett, University of Hull, UK, 'Directory of Royal Genealogical Data'.

Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968

The Carracci - Drawings and Paintings, Newcastle & England, 1961

Inscription: Annibale Carracci

Inscription: Crn

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2183); Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, pen and red ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2995); Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, pen and brown ink: Jonathan Richardson the Elder (L.2983).

Inscription: No 441. 2. p

Inscription: Collection Jonathan Richardson

Inscription: 3

Inscription: V. 38. / Zn [or Th?]. 29 / Oo. 35. / zd //

Inscription: de la part de M. Francois Falconnet-

Inscription: E.E. Pulteney-

Inscription: No. 563