John, Spencer, Althorp, by 1746;

Thence by descent to his sꦑon, John, 1st Earl Spencer;

Thence by descent in the family;

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 8 July 1988, lot 103 (as Bolo꧂gn𝐆ese School, 1579);

There acquired.  

Knapton, Catalogue of the Pictures at Althorp and Wimbledon belong to the late Honble. Mr. Spencer, 1746, nos. 350-351 (as Annཧibaleᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Carracci "Taylors at work, the family of the Carracci, a Sketch by Annibal");

T.F. Didbin, Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures of Althorp: the residence of George John Earl Spencer..., London 1822, p. 275, (both as Quentin Massys);

Catalogue of the Pictures at Althorp House, 1851, cat. nos. 110, 112 (both as Q�ജ�uentin Massys);

K.J. Garlick, "A Catalogue of the Pictures at Althorp," in Walpole Society, v💜olume 45, 1976, p. 11, cat. nos. 79-80, (as attributed♍ to Agostino Carracci, attribution from Malcolm Waddinham);

C. Robertson, "Annibale Carracci and Invenzione: Medium and Function in the Early Drawings," in Master Drawings, vol. 3, no. 1, 1997, p. 36, note 19 (as 💮implausibly attributed to Annibale Carracci).