Formerly attributed to Gentile Bellini, but also associated with drawings by Pisanello and his workshop, for example British Museum inv. 1860,0616.111, the related sheet at Windsor, RCIN 912815, and one sold by Jean-Luc Baroni (Catalogue 2014, no. 30), which was more recently with Colnaghi-Elliot.
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Titiano" (partially effaced); in lower right corner, in red chalk, "+" [a cross italicized].; on verso, in graphite, "veute Ch. A. Cardoni / Bruxelles. 25/6/1921 / coll. Calmann Cat. 1960".
Bellini, Gentile, -1507, Formerly attributed to.
Heseltine, J. P. (John Postle), 1843-1929, former owner.
Richter, Jean Paul, 1847-1937, former owner.
Gardon, L., former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Italian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. London : Art Council Gallery, 1968, no. 8.
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. Middletown, Conn. : Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1969, no. 2.
One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 8.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 4, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 152.