Dirck van Baburen

Possibly the ‘Conterfeytsel van Babuyre selff’ in the inventory of the estate of Barbara Carel, widow of Jeronimus Ranst, Amsterdam, de Oude Schans, ‘in de twee Tygers’, dated 16 November 1678, by Barent Graat and Jan Roosa, Gemeentearchief, Amsterdam;

Art market, Spain;

Where acquired by the present owner.

Possibly W. Franits, The Paintings of Dirck van Baburen ca. 1592/93–1624, Amsterdam 2013, p. 242, no. L15 (under Lost Paintings);

The painting will be the subject of a forthcoming article by Gianni Papi.