Possibly commissioned as part of the high altarpiece of a church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist in Emilia Romagna or in the Marche, Italy. Léon Ouroussoff [1877-1933], Vienna and later, Monte Carlo and Cannes, early twentieth century;[1] purchased February 1920 by Edward Fowles for (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[2] sold to Otto H. Kahn [1867-1934], New York, by 1924; by inheritance to his wife, Addie Wolff Kahn [d. 1949], New York; sold 18 January 1937 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[3] sold 1942 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[4] gift 1943 to NGA. [1] Léon Ourousoff had been Russian ambassador in Vienna. In the years after World War I his collection was reported to be both in Cannes and in Monte Carlo. [2] Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: reel 422. [3] Edward Fowles, _Memories of Duveen Brothers_, London, 1976: 124, describes Otto Kahn’s acquisition of the panel from Duveen Brothers and its sale back to the company by Kahn’s widow. See also Duveen Brothers Records: reel 79, box 224, folder 7; reel 328, box 473, folder 2. [4] See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/1360.