Possibly Cardinal Cesare Monti [1594 –1650], Milan;[1] Possibly by descent to his cousin Giulio Monti [c.1604 -1686], Count of Valsassina, Milan, in 1650; Possibly Count Cesare Monti Melzi [d. 1741], Palazzo Monti (later known as Palazzo Sormani-Andreani and Verri), Milan; Possibly by descent to his family.[2] Infante Don Sebastián Gabriel Borbón y Braganza [1811 –1875], Pau.[3] Calini family Brescia, since c.1900; acquired December 2020 by (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London); Purchased 2022 by NGA. [1] Provenance adapted from Colnaghi catalogue entry; copy in NGA curatorial records. [2] This is suggested by a note in an inventory conducted the year after the Count’s death. [3] Crowned SG cyphers on the reverse of the painting attest to the Infante’s ownership.