Formerly attributed to Giacomo Cavedone, 1577-1660.
Inscribed at lower left corner, in pen and brown-gray ink, "Cavedone"; on verso of mount upside down near upper left in pen and brown ink, "I 85-4-D"; vertically along left edge from bottom to top in pen and red ink, "Lot 270"; vertically near lower center from top to bottom in pen and brown ink, "Tuit"; along bottom in pen and gray ink, "Cavedone Giacomo di Safsuolo/ Pope receiving a Deputation/ Pen & Bistre", heightened with white/ / "Crozat Collection"; also inscribed on verso of mount at lower right corner in pen and dark gray ink, "yt".
Watermark: Letter "B" with circle, fragment.
Cavedone, Giacomo, 1577-1660, Formerly attributed to.
Orléans, duc d', former owner.
Crozat, M. (Pierre), 1661-1740, former owner.
Sharp, William, active mid-19th century, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.