Inscription: At lower right in graphite: 'franceschini de Bologne' and '3' (two distinct 19th and 20th century handwritings). On the mount at the upper left in pen and brown ink '2310' (18th or 19th century handwriting); 'Franceschini da Bologna' in graphite (19th century handwriting). Verso: along the upper edge, 'Henri II de France - recoit [?] la courounne de Pologne|di Franceschini da Bologna Scolari di Cignani' in graphite (19th or 20th century handwriting); at the upper left '12' in graphite (20th century handwriting); at lower left 'Franceschini (Marc-Antoine)|1648-1729. Bologne' in graphite (20th century handwriting); below, '93' in graphite (20th century handwriting); below 'no. 6' in pen and brown ink (18th or 19th century handwriting); below '186' and '4/6' in graphite (20th century handwriting); along the lower edge, a sketch of a drawing mount and 'ouverture par le noir [?] (dans reste teinte Bristol grec' in graphite (19th or 20th century handwriting).

Marking: At lower right: Marcou (Lugt 1911b)

Paul Frantz Marcou (1860–1932); Catherine Dumas ; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 23, 2007, lot 142 (as von Aachen); Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

Joachim Jacoby Hans von Aachen, 1552-1615. Berlin, 2000.

Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 63 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xi, xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens); p. 142, ill.