The twelve works in the ‘Böhler series’ of Apostles are probably identical to a series, which was in Genoa in the eighteenth century; the Palazzo of Giambattista Serra, Genoa; seen there by Ratti in 1766 (Ratti, 1766, vol. I, p. 230) and in 1780 (‘Dodici mezze figure in tavola d’Appostoli, opera bellissime d’Antonio Vandik’; Ratti 1780, p. 152); Princess Cellamare, Naples, 1914; bought from her collection by the art dealer Julius Böhler, Munich, 1914 (Barnes et al. 2004, p. 71)

Sold by Böhler to Hans Wendland, Berlin, 1915;
Godefroy Brauer, Nice, c. 1918;
Mrs Brauer, Nice, her sale, Christie’s, London, 5 July 1929 (42);
acquired by John Ringling, 1936.

On the ‘Böhler series’:

Cust 1900, p. 233 under no. 9 (as a set seen by Ratti in Genoa);
Oldenbourg 1914-5, pp. 225, 227-8, 230-231;
Bode 1923, p. 338;
Rosenbaum 1928a, pp. 37-44;
Glück 1931, pp. 37-43;
Glück 1933, pp. 290 ff;
Ottawa 1980a, pp. 38-49;
Roland 1983, pp. 23-36:
Roland 1984, pp. 211-23;
Lammertse 2002, pp. 145-6;
Merle du Bourg/Besta 2021, pp. 84-91.

On the painting:
Glück 1931, p. 43-left;
Ringling 1949, no. 227;
Ponce 1965, pp. 57-8;
Robinson/Wilson 1980, no. 14;
Ottawa 1980a, no. 9;
Janson 1986, p. 28;
Larsen 1988, II, p. 71, no. 146;
Barnes et al. 2004, p. 71, no. I.52 (N. De Poorter);
Davies 2021a, p. 53, p. 62, n. 22;
Davies 2022c, pp. 72-89.

The tree rings were not clearly visible owing to extreme thinning of the panel; therefore, they were not measurable.