The twelve works of the ‘Böhler series’ 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).

Bought from Böhler by Baron Krupp von Böhlen, Villa Hügel, Essen, 1915;
Gesellschaft Kruppsche-Gemäldesammlung, Essen, 1980;
on loan to Princeton Art Museum 1982-2001;
sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 24 January 2002 (173).

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. 39 – left;
Glück 1933, p. 301;
Essen 1953, no. 1b;
Essen 1965, no. 29;
Cologne 1968, no. F 8;
Ottawa 1980a, no. 3;
New York 1988, no. 18;
Larsen 1988, II, no. 197;
Washington 1990-1, no. 19;
Lammertse 2002, p. 145, n.38;
Barnes et al. 2004, p. 74, no. I.60 (N. De Poorter);
Madrid 2012-3, pp. 200, no. 44, 204, 210, 211;
Davies 2021a, p. 53, p. 62, n. 22;
Davies and Moortgat 2022, pp.10-17;
Davies 2022c, pp. 72-89.