 Anthony van Dyck made a drawing of it in Venice in 1623, the earliest documentation for the work.It is recorded as having been in the collection of Charles I of England, from which it was bought in 1652 for the Spanish royal collection after his execution, which loaned it to the convent of San Pasquale in Madrid.In 1823, it was in the collection of William I of the Netherlands, who gave it to the museum.