Earl of Leven-Melville, according to an inscription on the reverse;
Lord Feversham,🐎 Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, by 1857, according to an i✱nscription on the reverse.

G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, vol. IV, London 1857, p. 494; general index p. 179 (as Salvator Rosa and described as hanging in the Dressing Room at Duncombe Park).

Both panels are uncradled and bevelled on all four sides. under slightly dirty, dull varnish. there is excellent preservation of the paint surface on both panels with nice, thick impasto. examination under ultraviolet light does not reveal any areas of retouching. paintings would benefit from a light cleaning and fresh varnish. In elaborately carved and gilt wood frames.
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We are grateful to Dr. Giancarlo Sestieri for attributing these works to Locatelli on the basis of color photographs.