Although published by Tietze and Tietze-Conrat as the work of Jacopo Bassano, the drawing is more likely by one of his sons, perhaps Leandro.
Inscribed on verso of lining, at upper center, in red chalk, "K 701". Inscribed in graphite by János Scholz, "Bassano, Jacopo / publ Tietze."
Watermark: Crescent (moon) with a profile of human face. (cf. Briquet II, 5329. Epinal (in Lorraine, France), 1588; 5330; Brussel, 1598)
Vallardi, Giuseppe, 1784-1861, former owner.
Grossjean, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Tietze and Tietze-Conrat 1944, 52, no. 176; Venice 1957, no. 45; Bloomington 1958, no. 44; Oakland and San Francisco 1959, no. 4; Arslan 1960, 220; Hagerstown 1960-61, no. 19; New York 1961(d), no. 5; London and elsewhere 1968, no. 4; Washington and New York 1973-74, no. 109; Montgomery 1976, no. 20.
Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection János Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 45.
Gilbert, Creighton et al. Drawings of the Italian Renaissance from the Scholz Collection. Bloomington : Indiana University Art Center, 1958, no. 44.
Four Centuries of Italian Drawings from the Scholz Collection. Hagerstown, Md. : Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 1960, no. 19.
Italian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. London : Art Council Gallery, 1968, no. 4.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 109, repr.
Venetian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. Montgomery, Ala. : Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1976, no. 20, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 290.