signed lower right De Nittis
Giosi Gallery stamp, Naples on the back
Provenance: Naples, Lucio Jozzi Collection as per stamp on the back
Florence, formerly private collection
The model was portrayed several times by the painter. A watercolor painting of the same subject is kept at the De Nittis Art Gallery of the Civic Museum of Barletta
Comparison bibliography: Ruggero Mascolo, The De Nittis Collection of the Civic Museum of Barletta, Turin 1992, plate 18
Mary Pittalunga, Enrico Piceni, De Nittis, Milan, 1963 no. 59
Enrico Piceni, Mario Monteverdi, The De Nittises of Barletta, 1971 no. 21
Giuseppe Luigi Marini, Piero Dini, Giuseppe L. Marini, Giuseppe De Nittis. The Life, the Documents, the Painted Works, 1990 no. 317
Catalogue of Italian Art of the Nineteenth Century, Edition No. 29, Color Plate after page 114