Oil on canvas. This painting was once in the collection of Henry Temple, Second Viscount Palmerston (politician, traveller and father of Prime Minister Henry Temple, Third Viscount Palmerston). Palmerston lived at Broadlands in Hampshire and was a patron and friend of the painter Joshua Reynolds. According to a document in the Broadlands Archives, the painting was considered by descendants of the Second Viscount to be a copy by Reynolds of a print by Italian painter Parmigianino (1503-1540), made following Reynolds’ visit to Italy and France of 1749 to 1752. However, this suggestion has yet to be confirmed.
