The twelve works in 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
sold by Böhler to Hans Wendland, Berlin, 1915;
Kurt Meissner, Zürich, 1957;
with Agnew and Sons, London, 1960;
Lord Belper;
sale, Christie’s (Lady Balfour of Inchrye etc.), London, 27 June 1975 (57);
Oskar Strakosch, Vienna;
bequeathed to the museum, 1976.

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

On the painting:

Glück 1931, p. 38-left;
Nottingham 1960, no. 1;
London 1960, no. 13;
Woodward 1960, p. 340;
Sutton 1960, p. 55;
London 1968a, no. 8;
Ottawa 1980a, no. 5;
Larsen 1988, II, no. 204;
Kunsthistorisches Museum 1991, p. 52;
Paris 1991, pp. 44-5;
Barnes et al. 2004, p. 74, no. I.62 (N. De Poorter);
Madrid 2012-3, p. 196;
Davies 2021a, p. 53, p. 62, n. 22;
Davies 2022c, pp. 72-89.

additional wooden strips, 5-10 mm wide, have been added to the sides of the panel