Watermark: none visible through lining.
Individual figures copied from the painting, "Return of the Ambassadors to the King Of England" from the St. Ursula Cycle in the Accademia, Venice.
Inscribed on a piece of paper pasted onto verso, in graphite, "Lgruner".
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Gruner, L., former owner.
Moukhanoff, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Philadelphia 1950-51, no. 17; Montreal 1953, no. 17; Fiocco 1958, no. 118/B; Bloomington 1958, no. 8; Oakland and San Francisco 1959, no. 16; Detroit 1960, 15, no. 20; Hamburg and Cologne 1963-64, no. 29; Ames 1964, no. 4; Milwaukee 1964, no. 11; Los Angeles and elsewhere 1967-68, no. 10; London 1968, no. 18; Middletown 1969, no. 7; New York 1971, no. 21; Muraro 1977, 65.
Twentieth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1984, p. 247.
Italian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. London : Art Council Gallery, 1968, no.18 (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. Middletown, Conn. : Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1969, no. 7.
One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 21, repr.