Probably already in the collection of Duke Anton Ulrich, d. 1714, Gallery in Schloss Salzdahlum near Wolfenbüttel, certainly acquired before 1737.

Rooses 1886-92, vol. 4, no. 1086, as Rubens (head and hands) and an assistant (costume), about 1630;
Riegel 1900, no. 86, as Rubens;
Rosenberg 1905, p. 301, as Rubens;
Oldenbourg 1921, p. 92, as Rubens 1614-5;
Rosenbaum 1928b, p. 332, as Rubens;
L. Burchard, in: Glück 1933, p. 390, n. 1, as Van Dyck;
Müller Hofstede 1951, pp. 242-3, as (rather) Rubens or Van Dyck;
Braunschweig 1969, p. 119, no. 86, as Rubens;
Slive 1970, vol. 1, p. 113, as Van Dyck;
Jaffé 1978, p. 140, as ‘surely by Van Dyck’;
Metropolitan Museum 1984, p. 48, as Van Dyck;
Liedtke 1984-5, p. 15, as Van Dyck;
Braunschweig 1987, pp. 46-7 (R. Klessman), as Rubens;
Barnes et al. 2004, p. 121, no. I.133 (N. De Poorter), as Van Dyck;
Paris 2008-9, pp. 25-6, ill., as Van Dyck;
Davies 2021a, p. 53, p. 62, n. 24.

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