Oil on canvas, 32cm by 40cm.
The painting was purchased by John, 5th Earl of Exeter (1648-1700) whilst in Italy on the Grand Tour and is listed in the 1688 Burghley Inventory.
Pasqualino Rossi, who was largely self-taught, was born in Vicenza. He worked extensively at the Palazzo Reale in Turin, but was active mainly in Rome where he died in 1722.
