Provenance

On the art market in Lucerne in 1923 as Domenico Fetti; with James Graham and Sons, New York, 1954; with Victor Spark, New York, 1971; Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 January 1987, lot. 87; Sale, Christie's, London, 5 July 1991, lot. 67; Private collection, Japan; Purchased by the NMWA, 2006.

Exhibition History

1954

Selections from a Dealer’s Choice, James Graham & Sons, New York, 0  1954 - 0  1954, cat. no. 2

1964

Man, Glory, Jest, and Riddle: A Survey of the Human form Through the Ages, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco Museum of Art., San Francisco, CA, 10 November 1964 - 3 January 1965, cat. no. 143

1965

Images of the Saints, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 5 March 1965 - 4 April 1965, cat. no. 65

1967

Vouet to Rigaud: French Masters of the Seventeenth Century, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, 20 April 1967 - 18 June 1967, cat. no. 1

1971

Simon Vouet 1590-1649: First Painter to the King, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD, 18 February 1971 - 28 March 1971, cat. no. 5

Bibliography

1924

Voss, Herman. Die caravaggeske Frühzeit von Simon Vouet und Nicolas Regnier. Zeitschrift für bindende Kunst. 58, Heft 3/4, 1924, p. 64.

1952

Longhi, Roberto. Review of 'Caravaggio en de Nederlanden'. Paragone. Anno 3 - n. 33, settembre, 1952 , p. 53, fig. 25.

1958

Picart, Y. La vie et l'œvre de Simon Vouet. vol. 1: Les juene anées et le sejour en Italie, Paris, 1958, p. 26, no. 27.

1959

Manning, R. "Some Important Paintings by Vouet in America." Studies in the History of Art dedicated to William Suiba. London, 1959, p. 297.

1962

Crelly, W. R. The Painting of Simon Vouet. New Haven/London, 1962, pp. 31, 185, no. 81.

1965

Dargent, G; Thuiller, J. Simon vouet en Italie. Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'arte. n. 4, 1965, p. 57, no. D8, and p. 164, fig. 74.

1990

Nicolson B. ; Vertova, L. Caravaggism in Europe. Torino, 1990, vol. 1, p. 210, vol. 2, fig. 750.

2007

Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 40 (Apr. 2005-Mar. 2006), 2007, Takanashi, Mitsumasa. New Acquisitions. pp. 22-24, List of New Acquisitions. p. 63, repr.

2013

Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 56, col. repr.

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