Galerie Honrath von Baerle, Berlin
Jacob H. Schiff, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (bequest of the above in 1888; sale: Plaza Art Galleries, New York, 7 January 1956, lot 96)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 27 October 1988, lot 70
Private collection, Japan (purchased at the above sale; sale: Sotheby's, London, 14 June 2005, lot 82)
Purchased at the above sale

Frankfurt, 1892

Bryson Burroughs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings, New York, 1926, p. 189
Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, 1948, p. 741, no. 142

The original canvas has been relined on its wooden stretcher. Ultra-violet light reveals some scattered strokes of cosmetic retouching along the extreme right framing edge and a few other minor spots including: some strengthening in the arm, cheek and right eye of the putto to the right, and one fine stroke in the wing of the putto to the left. It should be noted these retouchings are very minor considering the size of the painting. This work is otherwise in very good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with minor losses. Colours are less red than in the catalogue illustration.
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