Formerly attributed to Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540; Francesco Salviati (1510-1563).
Inscribed on verso, at upper center, in graphite, "Rosso"; at lower center, in graphite, "J / 2".
Watermark: Ladder in an escutcheon (Briquet 5929: Lucca, 1547-50).
Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540, Formerly attributed to.
Salviati, Francesco, 1510-1563, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 22 (as Rosso); Carroll 1971, 30 (as Salviati); Carroll 1976, 2: 498-99, no. F42 (as Salviati); Cheney 1982, 793-94, no. 3; Ward 1982, 327-28, no. 260 (as Bandinelli); Mortari, 1992, 241-42, no. 407.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 22, repr.