Inscribed, probably by the artist, at lower center, in red chalk, "Hieronimo Romanino da Bressa".
Watermark: Tall crown with cross (close to Briquet 4899: Bergamo, 1501-1503), seen in transmitted light.
Drey, Franz Alfred, 1886-1953, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 75.
Selected references: Oakland and elsewhere 1956, no. 75; Venice 1957, no. 14; Bloomington and elsewhere 1958, no. 30; Scholz 1958, 416; Oakland and San Francisco 1959, no. 59; Ferrari 1961, under no. 30; Cologne 1963-64, no. 136; Kossoff 1963, 77; Peters 1965, 149, 155; London and elsewhere 1968, no. 83; Middletown 1969, no. 16; Pignatti 1970, 82; Washington and New York 1973-74, no. 76; Fellows Report 17 1976, 179; Scholz 1976, no. 50; Cleveland 1981, no. 119; Forlani Tempesti 1990, under no. 28; New York 1990, under no. 20; Trent 2006, no. 61.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, no. 55, pl. 55.
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. 76, repr. (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 179.
Scholz, János. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 50, repr.