Sold October 1791 by the artist to William Roscoe. (sale, Liverpool, 28 September 1816, no. 154, as _Oedipus devotes to the Infernal Gods His Son Polynices..._); purchased by Baxter.[1] (Maltzahn Gallery, London), in 1973; (Weiss Antiques, Zürich), in 1973; purchased 1974 by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA. [1] Hugh Macandrew, "Henry Fuseli and William Roscoe," _Liverpool Libraries, Museums and Arts Committee Bulletin_ 8 (1959-1960): 22-23, 35 (appendix I, no. 6), as whereabouts unknown since the Roscoe sale in 1816.