PROVENANCE: Collection of Ing. Arnaldo Corsi (died 1937), Palazzo Mancini, Florence Deposited with the Museo Bardini, Florence, 1938-1958 The Estate of Arnaldo Corsi, sale, Geri, Milan, 28 January 1962 Private Collection, Italy Sale, Bonhams, London, 9 July 2008, lot 8 Where purchased by the present owner
The present painting has been recognised by Juan Ainaud de Lasarte as by the same hand as the retablo depicting the Dormition of the Virgin, now in the Museo de Arte de Cataluña (inv.24133), Barcelona, by an anonymous 15th century Catalan artist.